Satanic Verses Controversy

• A Marketplace of Outrage  - An essay by Kenan Malik discusses the context and impact in the UK of the "Rushdie Affair", and the Bradford book-burning.
• Iran says Rushdie fatwa still stands  - A news report from Iran Focus reporting a 2006 statement carried by the official news agency that the fatwa by Imam Khomeini will be in effect forever.
• Irshad's Interview with Salman Rushdie  - Salman Rushdie reflects on his time spent under Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa in an interview with Irshad Mani (2002).
• Mis/Representations of Islam: A Study of The Satanic Verses, and "The Rushdie Affair"  - An extended article aims to analyze and compare Muslim and Western liberal responses to the controversy over The Satanic Verses, and to explore its roots in the "ignorance that exists between the West and Islam".
• Notes on Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses (1988)  - Offers a substantial study guide to Rushdie's controversial novel.
• Rushdie delighted to be 'free'  - BBC News report from 1998, following the Iranian Government's announcement that it will not support any attempt to kill him.
• The Rushdie Experiment  - An article by an anonymous journalist discusses reactions to Rushdie in Iran; published 2006.