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050	0	0	_aPR6068. _bU757. _cM35 2010
100	1		_aMalik, Kenan, _d1960-.
245	1	0	_aFrom Fatwa to Jihad : _b the Rushdie affair and its aftermath : how group of British extremists attached a novel and ignited radical Islam / _cKenan Malik.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aBrooklyn, New York : _bMelville House Publication, _c2010.
300			_axxi, 266 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aAbstract: Malik was a freelance journalist working in northern England when the fatwa was declared against Salman Rushdie for his novel, The Satanic Verses. The book was publically burned in England and several of its translators were beaten or murdered. Thirty-seven people were killed when anti-Rushdie protesters set fire to a hotel containing the novel's Turkish translator, and Rushdie's Norwegian publisher was shot. This fatwa, Malik persuasively argues, starkly changed the terms of cultural conflict: "With his four-paragraph pronouncement, the ayatollah had transcended the traditional frontiers of Islam and brought the whole world under his jurisdiction." The multicultural policies implemented to smooth the racial tensions of '60s-era England instead, Malik believes, "helped foster a more tribal nation" and opened a pathway for religious extremism. The "collision of Western moral evasion and Islamist political intransigence became a characteristic not just of the Rushdie affair but of the whole road from fatwa to jihad." Though Malik could be accused of repeating himself or overstating his case, his fine analysis of the cultural forces that have fueled extremist Islam has much to offer.
504			_a“Includes bibliography”—(p. 241-253).
505			_aContents: Introduction : how Salman Rushdie changed my life—1. Satanic delusions—2. From street-fighters to book-burners—3. The rage of Islam—4. Bargains, resentments, and hatreds—5. God's word and human freedom—6. Monsters and myths—Notes—Bibliography—Acknowledgements—Index.
600	1	0	_aRushdie, Salman. _tSatanic verses.
600	1	0	_aRushdie, Salman _x Censorship.
650		0	_aIslam and literature.
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