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Thursday, October 8, 2015
Iran officially pulls out of Frankfurt Book Fair over Salman Rushdie appearance

Code: 81791347 (4918286) | Date: 08/10/2015 | Time: 23:02|
Iran officially pulls out of Frankfurt Book Fair
http://217.25.54.55/en/News/81791347/

Tehran, Oct 8, IRNA – Iran’s Ministry of Culture has issued a statement
officially announcing its pull-out from Frankfurt Book Fair.

The statement issued on Wednesday evening also invites other Islamic
countries to take positions against ‘the Fair organizers’ provocative
actions,’ said the ministry’s public relations and media office.

“Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the most prestigious book events globally;
however, in this year’s edition of the event, in flagrant contradiction to
the objectives of the book fair and under the cover of respecting freedom of
expression and thought, a figure who has garnered in the past only the
hatred of the Islamic world for penning down “Satanic Verses,” to even find
an opportunity to address in the occasion of unveiling one of his latest
works, with content, directly or indirectly, disputing Islamic beliefs and
thinking,” the statement read.

“It is unfortunate to see that the organizers of the event has lent
themselves to the flattery of anti-Islamic and Zionist circles, and has hurt
the religious sentiments of world Muslims under the pretext of and abusing
‘freedom of speech;’ glorification of a figure who has desecrated the
sacrosanct figures of millions of believers is not only respecting freedom
of expression, but it is also playing with the human and religious values,
which actually gives anti-Islamist fanatics the grounds where to seek their
unscrupulous objectives,” the statement lamented.

“Freedom of speech is a human value well-cherished by our national and
religious culture; however, it would not be violated by politics, since it
is not a political issue; we firmly believe that this great human
achievement would not be cherished without respecting sanctities and values
of religious communities and multitudes of believers; the Ministry of
Culture, representing a nation which has always respected different cultures
and religions, voluntarily abandons its rights to attend the book fair
despite its preparation in advance along with its severe denunciation of the
provocative action, and calls other Islamic countries to take positions
against the act,” the statement emphasized, according to MNA.
The statement also recommends the organizers of Frankfurt Book Fair to
‘wisely eschew from partiality in dealing with the sublime concept of
freedom of expression and to provide opportunities for cooperation with
Muslim nations and countries through taking accurate measures.’
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