SALMAN RUSHDIE, INDIA (1947- ) 1) Who is Salman Rushdie ? He is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. The publication of the Satanic Verses in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic World because of what was perceived as an irreverent depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. On 14 February 1989, a FATWA requiring Rushdie's execution was proclaimed on Radio Tehran by Ayatollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of Iran at the time calling the book "blasphemous against Islam". He graduated from Cambridge University in 1968. 2) What is this speech all about ? Commencement Address at Bard College, May 25th, 1996 by Salman Rushdie: This speech is Rushdie's research into commencement (the beginning of something) and its tradition. Rushdie was charged for this (a few nights before the graduation ceremony- an unnamed person redecorated his room and made it dirty with thick gravy and onion sauce) and announced his deprivation from joining the graduation ce
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