Rushdie Video Talk Blocked From India Book Festival
alternate title: "Cisco Narrowly Avoids Fatwa"Novelist Salman Rushdie was denied permission to address the Jaipur Literature Festival through a video link, festival organizers said Tuesday just before the event, citing security concerns.
Worries mounted throughout the daythe last of the five-day festivalthat planned protests over the appearance of Mr. Rushdie would turn violent. The author is reviled among many Indian Muslims for his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses," which they consider blasphemous.