Rushdie Affair - The Novel, the Ayatollah and the West

The publication in 1988 of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses triggered a furor that pitted much of the Islamic world against the West over issues of blasphemy and freedom of expression

List of contents

1: Half a Year of Upheaval; I: The Author, The Novel, and The Edict; 2: Rushdie: A Man of The Left; 3: How Is the Book Blasphemous?; 4: Blame Rushdie for the Furor?; 5: Khomeini's Edict; 6: Why Fundamentalist Muslims Picked on Rushdie; II: Protests and Repercussions; 7: A Great Conspiracy Against Islam; 8: Muslim Responses to Khomeini; 9: Western Responses to Khomeini; 10: IRAN'S Shadow in the West; 11: Censorship and Its Costs; 12: Muslims Living in the West; 13: Concluding Thoughts

About the author

Daniel Pipes

Summary

The publication in 1988 of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses triggered a furor that pitted much of the Islamic world against the West over issues of blasphemy and freedom of expression

Product details

• Authors: Koenraad Elst, Daniel Pipes
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138538368
• ISBN: 978-1-138-53836-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy