star2city Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Salman Rushdie to take part in UND Writer's Conference The UND Writer's Conference will celebrate the school's 125th anniversary by bringing to campus one of the biggest names in the conference's history. Salman Rushdie, Booker prize-winning author of "Midnight's Children," "The Satanic Verses" and many other novels, stories and essays will be on campus in March to participate in the conference. Accusations of blasphemy against Islam in Rushdie's fourth novel, "The Satanic Verses," published in 1988, led the Iranian government to issue a fatwa, or death sentence, against him and he spent several years in hiding. Rushdie will answer audience questions on his writing and other issues during a March 25 event sponsored by the 125th anniversary Great Conversations Series. Writer's Conference organizers could afford to bring Rushdie to campus by partnering with the 125th anniversary Great Conversations Series coordinators, said UND special events coordinator Dawn Botsford, who served on the anniversary committee that organized the conversations series. Salman_Rushdie Salman Rushdie reported that he still receives a "sort of Valentine's card" from Iran each year on February 14 letting him know the country has not forgotten the vow to kill him. He was also quoted saying, "It's reached the point where it's a piece of rhetoric rather than a real threat."[17] Despite the threats on Rushdie, he has publicly said that his family has never been threatened and that his mother (who lived in Pakistan during the later years of her life) even received outpourings of support.[18] Will a small minority of Muslim students offended by Rushdie stage a protest on UND's campus? Will BRIDGES, citing a small minority of Muslim students' offense at Rushdie's writings, protest Rushdie's appearance on campus, too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Nice pick-up for the Writers' Conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfreak Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I for one will be going to listen to him speak. Should be very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Never attended any of the Writer's Conference events, until now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMeNow Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Salman Rushdie to take part in UND Writer's Conference Salman_Rushdie Will a small minority of Muslim students offended by Rushdie stage a protest on UND's campus? Will BRIDGES, citing a small minority of Muslim students' offense at Rushdie's writings, protest Rushdie's appearance on campus, too? hmm..a protest NOT related to the sioux nickname? that might be kind of refreshing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyMom Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 hmm..a protest NOT related to the sioux nickname? that might be kind of refreshing! "We're not gonna protest!!" That's an interesting concept......a protest that people might actually show up for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 hmm..a protest NOT related to the sioux nickname? that might be kind of refreshing! Nice of you to strike the "drive-by Dick Cheney bashing" from the record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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