The Satanic Verses Affair
Released: March 7, 2009Runtime: 90 min
Twenty years ago, novelist Salman Rushdie was a wanted man with a million pound bounty on his head. His novel, The Satanic Verses, had sparked riots across the Muslim world. The ailing religious leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Khomeini, had invoked a little-known religious opinion - a fatwa - and effectively sentenced Rushdie to death. This film looks back on the extraordinary events which followed the publication of the book and the ten year campaign to get the fatwa lifted. Interviews with Rushdie's friends and family and testimony from leaders of Britain's Muslim community and the Government reveal the inside story of the affair.
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Ali Ansari
as Self - Professor of Iranian History St. Andrews University
Lisa Appignanesi
as Self - Friend & Writer
Sher Azam
as Self - Bradford Council of Mosques
Shrabani Basu
as Self - Journalist
Tony Blair
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Nick Browne
as Self - Chargé d'Affairs British Embassy, Tehran
Inayat Bunglawala
as Self - Muslim student activity
Michael Burton
as Self - Assistant Under-Secretary Foreign Office
Derek Chapman
as Self - Photographer Bradford Telegraph & Argus
Roger Cooper
as Self
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