A satanic affair: Salman Rushdie and the rage of Islam | 
pickA feminist protest in support of Rushdie.
Good analysis of what happened to lead to Rushdie being under a fatwa. Ruthven makes the point that although the novel drew controversy in other countries, it mainly caused hostility within the Islamic community in the UK who saw Rushdie as a traitor and rejected western culture as abhorrent. It does show how political attitudes have changed but that the points made are still relevant.
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