The misinterpretation of Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses

Decades after the release of The Satanic Verses and the calls for his death which followed it, Salman Rushdie remains one of the most wildly and widely misunderstood contemporary writers in the English language.

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The mash of civilisations

There is no conflict between Islam and the West – only clashes of interests between and within them. But there is a very real mash of civilisations.

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