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Islam and controversy : the politics of free speech after Rushdie /

Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have protested? What about the Danish cartoons? Is giving offense simply about the right to freedom of expression, and what is really happening when people take offense? Using case studies of a number of Muslim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mondal, Anshuman A. (Anshuman Ahmed), 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Subjects:
Rushdie, Salman. > Satanic verses.
Islam and literature.
Freedom of speech in literature.
Freedom of the press > History > 20th century.
Freedom of the press > History > 21st century.
Literature and society.
Censorship.
East and West in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Asian > Indic.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.

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