From Fatwa To Jihad: The Rushdie Affair And Its Legacy by Kenan Malik

From Fatwa To Jihad: The Rushdie Affair And Its Legacy

Kenan Malik

352 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history politics religion challenging reflective medium-paced
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"Twenty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of protestors became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and offence. Kenan Malik examines how the Rushdie affair tr...

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