Salman Rushdie’s visit is still on

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Despite an increasing outcry against Salman Rushdie's public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) announces that the public lecture will go ahead. The Weekly Mail invited him to give a public lecture on censorship. Many Islamic governments and other governments such as India and South Africa censored his book Satanic Versus. Many Islamic groups, including South African Muslims, accused Rushdie for committing blasphemy against Islam. As a result, his invitation to South Africa by the Weekly Mail was considered to be insensitive to the feelings of Muslims in the country.

How we know this

01Planet papers,(2000), "Salman Rushdie", From:Planet papers,[Online],(May 11),available at: www.planetpapers.com,[Accessed : 15 October 2013]
02Hadland, A. (1988). "Row flares over Rushdie visit" Weekly Mail: Vol 1 (42) pp 1-2.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Salman Rushdie’s visit is still on. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012781

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