Hindustan Times
It is a political issue. The hate-filled, victim-laden objection to Salman Rushdie is converting religion into a game of publicity. So, if Darul Uloom Deoband doesn’t like what Rushdie wrote more than 23 years ago in his 1988 book, The Satanic Verses, and wants to remind its constituents about that by preventing Rushdie from speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), it is a problem that Deoband needs to fix — not the country. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Filed under India, World, religion · Tagged Ashok Gehlot, China, Cutting the Edge, Darul Uloom Deoband, democracy, Gautam Chikermane, hindustan times, Hindutva groups, Jaipur Literature Festival, JLF, MF Husain, news, Rajiv Gandhi, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
