1989 firebombing of the Riverdale Press
The 1989 firebombing of the Riverdale Press was an attack where 2 firebombs were thrown at the offices of the Riverdale Press in the Bronx, New York City on February 28, 1989.[1][2] The building was damaged. 2 California bookstores were also damaged in similar attacks.[3]
The bombing was shortly after the newspaper made an editorial that defended Salman Rushdie in the controversy over The Satanic Verses.[4][5]
References
- ↑ David E. Pitt (March 1, 1989). Office of Weekly Paper in Riverdale Is Firebombed. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/01/nyregion/office-of-weekly-paper-in-riverdale-is-firebombed.html?pagewanted=all.
- ↑ John C. Nerone (1994). Violence against the press: policing the public sphere in U.S. history. Oxford University Press. p. 204.
- ↑ "Newspaper, Bookstores Damaged by Firebombs". Daily Sitka Sentinel (Sitka, Alaska): 5. 28 Feb 1989. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2092878/newspaper_bookstores_damaged_by/.
- ↑ Samuel G. Freedman (May 30, 2009). Two Rabbis Find They're Separated Only by Doctrine. p. A17. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/us/30religion.html?_r=1. "To those suspects, described by law enforcement officials as jailhouse converts to Islam and jihadi wannabes, the distinctions between Reform and Orthodox were either irrelevant or invisible.".
- ↑ "Bombings Linked To 'Satanic Verses'". Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana): 18. 1 Mar 1989. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2092850/bombings_linked_to_satanic_verses/.
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