India Lifts Ban on Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses,’ Following Iran Ayatollah’s Fatwa in 1989

By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) – India’s three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie’s controversial ‘The Satanic Verses’ book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed the ban. The India-born British author’s novel was banned by India in 1988 after some Muslims … Continue reading India Lifts Ban on Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses,’ Following Iran Ayatollah’s Fatwa in 1989