From Fatwa to Jihad: How the World Changed: The Satanic Verses to

Kenan Malik (Author)

ISBN 10: 1843548240 / ISBN 13: 9781843548249

Verlag: Atlantic Books, 2009

Kenan Malik (Author), Atlantic Books. 'A gripping account of how we went from burning books to bombs on buses. The Rushdie affair has shaped all our lives. This book shows us how.' HANIF KUREISHIIn 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. It was an act motivated by rage and offence as well as one calculated to shock and offend. 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. 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.Taking the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa condemning Rushdie as his starting point, Kenan Malik examines how radical Islam gained hold in Muslim communities, how multiculturalism contributed to this process, and how the Rushdie affair transformed the very nature of the debate on tolerance and free speech. It is an original and vividly insightful account of one of the major historical punctuation marks of the last twenty-five years.'A thorough and highly readable history of the politics of the Rushdie affair and an important intervention in the current debate on freedom of expression.' MONICA ALI. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781843548249-SECONDHAND

Inhaltsangabe:

When a thousand Muslim protestors paraded through a British town with a copy of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses before ceremoniously burning the book it was an act motivated by anger and offence as well as one calculated to shock and offend. It did more than that: the image of the burning book became an icon of the Muslim anger. Sent around the world by photographers and TV cameras, the image announced a new world. Twenty years later, the questions raised by the Rushdie Affair - Islam's relationship to the West, the meaning of multiculturalism, the limits of tolerance in a liberal society - have become some of the defining issues of our time.

Taking the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa as his starting point, Kenan Malik examines how radical Islam has gained hold in Muslim communities, how multiculturalism contributed to this, and how the Rushdie affair transformed the very nature of the debate on tolerance and free speech.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: From Fatwa to Jihad: How the World Changed: ...
Verlag: Atlantic Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Paperback
Art des Buches: Paperback