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Book launch: The legacy of ‘Satanic Verses’

In February 1989, Iranian authorities issued international fatwa – a death sentence – against Salman Rushdie for having authored the novel ‘Satanic Verses’. In Norway as in many other countries, mobilisation for freedom of expression and a heated debate followed on where to draw the line between what some experienced as blasphemy and others saw as legitimate exercise of freedom of expression.

Published: April 27, 2011

When: Thursday, 28. April 2011 19:00
To: Thursday, 28. April 2011
Where: Oslo, Litteraturhuset / House of Literature
Host: Norwegian PEN
More info: www.norskpen.no

Now, journalist and author Ann-Magrit Austenå, secretary general of Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers, has written a book on this debate, requesting a principled debate on what our politics on religion ought to be. What should be regulated by the state and what is private in this field?

To discuss this, a panel consisting of John Olav Egeland, Shoaib Sultan and Njål Høstmælingen has been invited to comment on Austenås introduction.

Admission is free. The debate will take place in the Amalie Skram room.

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