Salman Rushdie and the Fatwa

Mondal, Anshuman (2023) Salman Rushdie and the Fatwa. In: Salman Rushdie in Context. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 26-38. ISBN 9781316514146

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Abstract

This chapter considers the wider implications of The Satanic Verses affair and the fatwa. It engages with Rushdie’s considerations of Islam, secularism, and the complexities of geopolitical leadership of the Muslim world. The chapter also explores the wider questions and implications of freedom of expression that have been raised in Europe especially at the time and structured Britain’s relationship with Iran between 1989 and 1998. The chapter examines Rushdie’s own responses to the fatwa, collected in the final sections in his essay collection Imaginary Homelands as well as considering responses from Muslim literary critics and writers, some of whom supported Rushdie, others who spoke out against him, to illuminate the wider public debates around freedom of expression, secularism, and faith, which have proved central to a consideration of Rushdie’s work.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	absolutism,civilization speak,clash of civilizations,fatwa,free speech,imaginary homelands,joseph anton,salman rushdie,the satanic verses,war on terror,arts and humanities(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Modern and Contemporary Writing Research Group
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2022 01:03
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2026 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/90029
DOI:	10.1017/9781009082624.004

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