India seminary wants Rushdie visa cancelled

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India's best-known Islamic seminary has asked the government to cancel a visa granted to author Salman Rushdie.

Mr Rushdie is due to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival at the end of January.

The 64-year-old writer sparked Muslim anger with his 1989 book The Satanic Verses.

He lived in hiding for many years after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa over the book.

full: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16481189

comment: Religious organizations that lobby governments to do their bidding and deprive others' human rights have an egoistic sense of entitlement. Article 15 of the Constitution of India: "The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them".

[msongs]

1. islamic seminary = bullies who are so insecure in their own beliefs a mere book is a threat nt

[dmallind]

2. Dunno if he still has citizenship though - the visa requirement would suggest not perhaps nt.