Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Frankfurt Book Fair Opens In Controversy As Rushdie Sparks Iran Boycott

Book2BookTuesday 13 Oct 2015

Frankfurt: The world's biggest book fair opens Wednesday under a cloud of controversy with Iran calling on all Muslim nations to boycott the exhibition because author Salman Rushdie has been invited to speak.
Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair defended the choice, saying freedom of expression was a key theme at this year's gathering of writers and publishers, 10 months after Islamists marched into the Paris office of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and gunned down its editorial team.


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