Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 19, 1989 Page: 21 of 92
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Author apologizes to Moslems
for distress caused by novel
By MICHAEL WOT
Associate! Pirns Write
LONDON (AP) — Author Sal-
man Rushdie, facing calls for his
death and a mukirmllion-dollar
bounty for the killer, Saturday
apologized to Moslems for the dis-
tress caused by the publication of
his novel “The Satanic Verses."
However, the official Iranian
news agency said the author had
failed to repent or order that his
book be withdrawn.
In a statement issued by his
agent, Rushdie said: “I profoundly
regret the distress that publication
has occasioned to sincere followers
of Islam."
“Living as we do in a world of
many faiths this experience has
served to remind us that we must
all be conscious of the sensibilities
of others."
The brief statement was also is-
sued to the Islamic Republic News
Agency, the official Iranian news
agency, and a story had been sent to
Iran, a spokesman for the agency
said.
Rushdie apologized after his
book was banned in many countries
and removed from the shelves of
major bookstores in the United
Stales.
Iran's official news agency noted
the apology but said Rushdie's
statement made no indication of
his repentance or that his slan-
derous book would be withdrawn."
IRNA, monitored in London, said
Rushdie, who was raised in a Mos-
lem family, has been “under grow-
ing pressure to make a public
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seen falling well short at.
A power struggle in Inn may
have prompted Ayatollah Ruhoilah
Khomeini’s call for Moslems to kin
Rushdie for his novel. The Times
of London reported Saturday.
The newspaper quoted “a
closely involved source as saying
Khomeini’s son Ahmad and three
hard-line ministers may have per
suaded the 88-year-old spiritua
leader to make the death
derm me a political rival seeking
improved relations with Britain
The Foreign Office said Friday
that "considerable confusion per-
sists within (the Iranian)
government” and Britain "intended
to proceed with that fact in mind."
It did not elaborate.
Khomeini, Iran's spiritual leader,
said Tuesday that Rushdie’s novel
slanders Islam and ordered Mos-
lems to kill the Indian-born British
author. Iranian religious leaders
have offered a $5.2 million bounty
for Rushdie’s death.
Rushdie, 41. is in hiding with his
wife under the guard of Scotland
Yard detectives.
Khomeini’s order caused Britain
to shelve plans to expand its em-
bassy staff in Tehran. In December.
Britain reopened its embassy in
Tehran after an eight-year closure.
Some diplomats in the Middle
East have speculated the Rushdie
issue was promoted by factions in
Iran opposed to recent moves by
more pragmatic figures to improve
relations with the west
But Akhoond Zadeh Basti, Iran's
charge d'affaires in London, told
Independent Television News on
Friday that Khomeini’s call was
“baaed purely on religious
grotmds."
Iran’s President All Khamenei
said Friday at prayers in Tehran
that Rushdie could save his life
with an apology.
“He may repent and say, ‘I made
a blunder' and ^ologize to Mos-
_ lems and the imam (Khomeini).
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ifT may pardon him, Khamenei said
call to un- An Inman news agency report,
monitored in Cyprus, said tens of
thousands of people marched
through Tehran on Friday shouting
anti-British slogans.
Another protest was held in
Dhaka. Bangladesh, where ljOOO
Islamic fundamentalists marched
through the city Friday chanting
“Set fire to the U.S. Mission!" and
"Hang Salman Rushdie!”
Seven people have died this
week in Pakistan and India over
Moslem fundamentalist protests
over the book. In the northern In-
dian city of Snnigar, 75 people
were injured Friday in clashes be-
tween police and anti-Hushdie
protesters.
British officials sav threats
against airliners bound for Britain
from India also were being taken
“very seriously indeed ” British
Airways ordered baggage searches
on flights to Asia.
In the United Slates, the B. Dal-
ton bookstore chain ordered its
1,250 stores to pull the novel from
display shelves Friday, one day af-
ter the 1,200-store Waldcnbook
chain did the same thing because of
the threat of violence.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 19, 1989, newspaper, February 19, 1989; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth816072/m1/21/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.