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| As Jaipur stages the annual Literature Festival from today, the suspense over Salman Rushdie's participation is finally over. The acclaimed author will not be coming to India. The organiser read a statement from Mr Rushdie, where the author said "in the present circumstances, it would be insensitive for me to come to India."
The Darul Uloom Deoband had asked that his visa be cancelled; other Muslim clerics had called for protests. Mr Rushdie had tweeted that he doesn't need a visa because he has Person of Indian Origin status, which allows him to travel freely to India.
The author faced severe opposition to his visit due to his controversial 1988 book, The Satanic Verses, which had earned the wrath of Muslims worldwide due to its alleged blasphemous content. | |
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