From Fatwa to Jihad
The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy

Publisher:  Atlantic
Year Published:  2009
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX11427

Tells the story both of the Rushdie affair and of its transformative impact on cultural and political landscape of the West. The book explores the issues that the Rushide affair raised. in particular the questions of muliculturalism, radical Islam and free speech, and shows how in responding to these issues Western liberals have betrayed the fundamental beliefs of liberalism.

Subject Headings

• Censorship
• Fatwa
• Free Speech
• Free Thought
• Freedom of Expression
• Islamic Fundamentalism
• Jihad
• Religion & Society
• Religious Fundamentalism
• Religious Persecution