Members of various Muslim organisations sit before a televised speech by British-Indian author Salman Rushdiew which was cancelled at the annual Literature Festival in Jaipur, capital of India's desert state of Rajasthan January 24, 2012. The Jaipur Literature Festival cancelled a televised speech by Rushdie minutes before it was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, amid death threats to its organiser and fears of violent protests at the event by Muslim groups. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain (INDIA - Tags: EDUCATION RELIGION)