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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.
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From Fatwa to Jihad, Kenan Malik
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- 2009
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- Title
- From Fatwa to Jihad
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kenan Malik
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 266
- ISBN10
- 1843548232
- ISBN13
- 9781843548232
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Religion & Spirituality, Political Science & Politics, Religious Topics, Philosophical Topics, Religion, Philosophy, Politics, Society, Islam
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
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- 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.