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Literary Controversies Since the Rushdie Affair

(3) Comments | Posted 20 September 2012 | (00:00)

As the current wave of protests against the derogatory and risible video Innocence of Muslims reminds us, the Rushdie affair has been succeeded at regular intervals by other cases of religious minorities protesting against creative works. We focus on Britain, where controversy surrounded Monica Ali's novel...

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Muslims Protest Against H. G. Wells Book in 1930s Britain

(0) Comments | Posted 19 September 2012 | (10:27)

The publication of Salman Rushdie's memoir Joseph Anton will inevitably give rise to reappraisal of the Satanic Verses affair. In this pair of articles, we look backwards and then forwards in time from this dispute to other controversies involving religious protests against creative works to add historical depth...

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