From fatwa to jihad
Subtitle: the Rushdie affair and its legacy
By: Kenan Malik
Publisher: Atlantic
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781843548232; 9781843548249
Subjects: Fatwas; Islamic fundamentalism; Fundamentalismus; Islam; Multikulturelle Gesellschaft; Toleranz; Rushdieaffären; Fatwor; Islamism; Satanic verses (Rushdie, Salman)
Description: In 1989 a thousand Muslim protesters paraded through a British city displaying a copy of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, before ceremoniously burning the book.?nbsp;It was an act motivated by rage and offence as well as one calculated to shock and offend.?nbsp;It did more than that: images of the burning book became an icon of the Muslim anger. Printed and broadcast in dozens of countries, these images of protest announced the birth of a new world.?nbsp; Twenty years later, the questions raised by the 'Rushdie Affair' - of Islam's relationship to the West, the meaning and value of multiculturalism, the limits of tolerance in a liberal society - have become defining issues of our time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.