The Rushdie Affair

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:affects gptkb:UK-Iran_relations
global literary community
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Salman_Rushdie_affair
gptkbp:beganIn 1988
gptkbp:concerns gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
gptkb:The_Satanic_Verses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Rushdie Affair
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Ayatollah_Khomeini
fatwa
Muslim protests
gptkbp:notableEvent fatwa issued on 14 February 1989
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:censorship
freedom of expression
blasphemy
gptkbp:resultedIn book bans
diplomatic tensions
attacks on translators
death threats
gptkbp:triggeredBy publication of The Satanic Verses
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Daniel_Pipes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5