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The Rushdie fatwa

  • the Freemont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.

    Top 10 postmodern books

    From opaque theory to giddily playful fiction by Chris Kraus and Salman Rushdie, the era that followed modernism is as much about politics as art
  • ‘The fact that the death sentence has been passed as punishment for a work of literature also implies a serious violation of free speech,’ the Swedish Academy said of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.

    Swedish Academy condemns Salman Rushdie death warrant 27 years later

    The academy that selects the Nobel prize in literature denounced a fatwa and reward money for Rushdie’s death as ‘flagrant breaches of international law’
  • An all-too familiar affair

    Rahila Gupta

    Rahila Gupta: The Rushdie fatwa: Women had been fighting fundamentalism on the streets of London for years before The Satanic Verses

  • A legacy of sensitivity

    David Mattin

    David Mattin: The Rushdie fatwa: A tendency to apply special standards to speech about Islam is now creeping through our culture

  • An unfunny Valentine

    Anshuman A Mondal

    Anshuman A Mondal: The Rushdie fatwa: The Satanic Verses affair was a clash, not between Islam and the west, but between religious and secular sensibilities

  • No surrender

    Lisa Appignanesi

    Lisa Appignanesi: The Rushdie fatwa: The softly-softly approach to free expression merely benefits those who want to maintain their exclusive power

  • A timely reminder

    Inayat Bunglawala
  • Salman Rushdie holding a copy of his book The Satanic Verses

    The Satanic Verses: Banned and burned

  • Kenan Malik

    Exploding the fatwa myths

    Kenan Malik
  • Rushdie and the fatwa: The burning of the book

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