Islam and Controversy The Politics of Free Speech After Rushdie [Paperback]

Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses ? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies.Acknowledgements Introduction PART I 1. From Blasphemy to Offensiveness: The Politics of Controversy 2. What is Freedom of Speech For? 3. A Difficult Freedom: Towards Mutual Understanding and the Ethics of Propriety PART II 4. The Self-Transgressions of Salman Rushdie: Re-Reading The Satanic Verses 5. Visualism and Violence: On the Art and Ethics of Provocation in the Jyllands-Posten Cartoons and Theo Van Gogh's Submission 6. Romancing the Other: The Jewel of the Medina and the Ethics of Genre PART III 7. Satire, Incitement and Self-Restraint: Reflections on Freedom of Expression and Aesthetic Responsibility in Contemporary Britain Notes Index

He provided the reader with a well-presented publication that was logically structured with each chapter flowing seamlessly from the one into the other. & scholars in literature would find his analyses informative, social scientists will also benefits from Mondals instructive insights. (Journal of Global Analysis, Vol. 6 (2), 2016)

A highly perceptive analysis of the grounds and moral - but not necessarily legal - limits of free speech. It both retains and goes beyond the important insights of liberalism. Its theoretical discussion enriches and is in turn enriched by a shrewd analysis of concrete cases. A most welcome and timely book. Lord Bhikhu Parekh, author of 'The Parekh Report: The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain' and 'Rethinking Multiculturalism'

In contrast to much journalism and commentary on these issues, this is an important, reasoned and patient account of these inflammatory matters. Mondal's book is crucial reading for those interested not only in the work and impact of Salman Ruslƒ¬