About ban on Salman Rushdie’s book/person Vidyut 13 years ago Some tweets that say it all. Now Deoband demands ban on Video Conferencing with Salman Rushdie saurabh srivastava Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet BAN freedom of speech, BAN books, BAN pictures, BAN alcohol, BAN Surya namaskar, BAN Salman Rushdie, We’re turning into a Nation of BANch*ds Devesh Kumar Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet India was the first country in the world to ban Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. It’s not enough, eh? Now, ban the man. Retards. Ranjit Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet Read, and if you agree sign this petition to PM: Reconsider the ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ : chn.ge/A2EaE4 Peter Griffin Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet And what to do about it 1.Satanic Verses ban My thoughts subject to verification by a lawyer B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet 2.The ban order was issued by Finance Ministry of GOI in Oct 1988 under Sec 11 of Indian Customs Act B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet 3. This Sec empowers GOI to ban import of material that could endanger national security or public order B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet 4.What the order banned was import into India of copies of Satanic Verses printed and published abroad B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet 5.My searches do not indicate there was a supplementary order banning its printing, publication sale , possession in India, B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet 6.If my finding is correct, reading of extracts from the book may not be an offence/FINI B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet We R all assuming there is a total, comprehensive ban on Satanic Verses.This does not seem to be correct.The order is probably only partial B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet First step is a public interest petition before a court challenging legality of FIR against those who read extracts. B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet Instead of thinking of esoteric, hairsplitting arguments,think of a simple way of preventing arrests,I have suggested one way @BDUTT B.RAMAN Mon, Jan 23 2012 02:19:56 ReplyRetweet