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India Lifts Ban on Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses"
A Delhi court lifted India's three-decade ban on Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" due to the government's inability to provide proof of the original ban.
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- What court lifted the ban on Salman Rushdie's book?
- The Delhi High Court lifted a three-decade ban on Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" after the Indian government failed to provide proof of the original ban order.
- Who initiated the legal proceedings to lift the ban and why?
- Sandipan Khan, a reader, initiated the legal case in 2019 after he couldn't find any official record of the ban on government websites.
- What was the political motivation behind the initial ban in India?
- Then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi banned the book's import in 1988, aiming to garner Muslim support before elections.
- What controversies surrounded the publication of "The Satanic Verses"?
- The book, published in 1988, sparked global controversy due to passages considered blasphemous by some Muslims, leading to protests and violence.
- What actions were taken against Salman Rushdie following the publication?
- Following the book's publication, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie, and a bounty was offered for his assassination; Rushdie was attacked in 2022.