Debate: Row ignites over Rushdie's visit-1

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, All India Majlis-e-Ittihad al-Muslimin; Alka Raghuvanshi, Curator, India Habitat Centre; Sheebha Aslam Fehmi, Islamic Feminist writer & Journalist and Zafaryab Jilani, Convener, Babri Masjid Action Committee -- discuss the issue of Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband asking the Govt to cancel controversial author Salman Rushdie's visa, whether canceling Salman Rushdie's visa sets a bad precedent and whether all political parties should take a position on this.

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[shajji011]

@TheWeekend56 Thats actually a very lame excuse of defending that book

[TheWeekend56]

@shajji011 Listen up, because you obviously haven't read the book. All those things in The Satanic Verses that you believe were blasphemous had taken place in the dreams of a schizophrenic. All those religiously affiliated characters that offended the dogmatically religious were figments of a character who was mentally unstable. Some people just did not understand this novel, it wasn't meant to offend. You just assume it's a terrible case of libel against an important historical figure.

[ruqkia]

Direct quote from Satanic verses pg.539"here is a drunken lecherous rama and a flighty sita while ravana was depicted as a honest and an upright man".Here he is speaking abt the Gods of my hindu brothers. And Rama is the 7th incarnation of God according to the Hindu philosophy and folks if u dont know what the meaning of drunken is some one who is alcoholic,lecherous means addicted to sex and for flighty its self explanatory.I mean no disrespect towards the hindu religion.

[alqamafais]

jab M F hussain ne deviyon ki naggi tasveer ganaye thee aur woh jab dubai se india se wapas ana chate thee tab unka wapas ane kyun nahi diya gaya tha

[need4peace]

This asaduddin owasi is Osama bin laden II

[AJ86peace1]

This is shame.These Idiots don't know they are killing freedom of speech and not only that this will set terrible example for democratic country like India.Everyone has right to say whatever and one group can't decide ban on someone just bz someone's views don't please them..Plain Dumb n stupid.

[shajji011]

Consider this Example: If i say Tushar Kapoor is a bad actor then u call it freedom of expression, its my point of view.But if i say Tushar kapoor had sex with Kareena Kapoor then its called allegation,then tushar and his fans has full right to sue me or what ever

.

So Rushdie forget about visiting india and Suck ur own Dick :P

[shajji011]

Some people say Salman rushdie is a creative guy and he should have freedom of expression..even i agree we should have freedom of exprsn.But in his book "Satanic Verses" He has made false allegations against Quran and our Prophet(PBUH),if we consider freedom of expression then he could have expressed that he doesnt like quran or whatever ,But he has made "allegations" And u dont call it freedom of expression, u call it allegation....So we have full right to bann that Fucktard(Salman rushdie)

[Sweetytru]

I guess all here are intellectual people.... and I need an answer.. honestly.... WHAT IS LIBERALISM.... in Todays world... and in the name of creativity and liberalism can you hurt millions of people .... can U move naked in the streets ( liberalism according 2 Europe) move in bikinis.. (liberalism in US)...... where do we stay with liberalism in INDIA...

[Sweetytru]

OMG!!! gimme a break its abt Rushdie's vist to India... why U guyz bring in India Pak ... Muslim Hindu issuess........... INSANE>>> guyz Chill.... this fellow has hurted million of people just 2 enjoy effortless fame... and he has got it rightly so... I wanna ask.. one thng.. if U r eloquent and literally potent that does it grant u liberty to hurt the very aspect of their religion...