Hypotheticals-a-Satanic-Scenario movies opensource_movies In 30/05/1989 Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, appeared on a British Granada Television courtroom-style program, where current social dilemmas are explored by the technique of "Hypotheticals." In this episode, "a Satanic Scenario," a new novel deeply offends religious feelings of a minority community. A religious leader calls for the death of its author. How do the police, publisher, the courts and the government respond? The moderator is Queens Counsel Geoffrey Robinson. Stevens/Islam is recorded having this exchange with Robertson: Robertson: You don't think that this man deserves to die? Y. Islam: Who, Salman Rushdie? Robertson: Yes. Y. Islam: Yes, yes. Robertson: And do you have a duty to be his executioner? Y. Islam: Uh, no, not necessarily, unless we were in an Islamic state and I was ordered by a judge or by the authority to carry out such an act - perhaps, yes. [Some minutes later, Robertson on the subject of an protest where an effigy of the author is to be burned] Robertson: Would you be part of that protest, Yusuf Islam, would you go to a demonstration where you knew that an effigy was going to be burned? Y. Islam: I would have hoped that it'd be the real thing The complete episode can be obtained at : <a href="http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//GranadaProgs/1989/05/30/180570001/?s=A+Satanic+Scenario" rel="nofollow">itnsource.com</a> The New York Times reported on this episode a week in advance: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html" rel="nofollow">nytimes.com</a>. 1989 1989 Yusuf Islam; Cat Stevens; Salman Rushdie; Hypotheticals; a Satanic Scenario; Geoffrey Robinson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ 2008-11-20 01:16:18 2008-11-20 01:13:12 bnmm@gmx.net bnmm bnmm 2008-11-20 01:19:14 2008-11-20 01:26:35 sound color English 2009-05-17 02:16:27 bnmm