In the following essay, Dossa explains the tension between Western postmodern ideals of freedom—which, he argues, are infused with a rigid and imperialist misunderstanding of other cultures...
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Cologne, Germany (dpa) - A maverick German book author said
Wednesday he wants to read aloud inside a mosque from The Satanic
Verses, the 1988 novel by Salman Rushdie which ...
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Cologne, Germany (dpa) - Islamic authorities in Germany said
Tuesday they had ended talks with a maverick German author who wanted
to read aloud Salman Rushdie's controversi...
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New Delhi (dpa) - An influential Islamic group in India Thursday
asked Muslims to boycott products of a leading company if its owner
did not apologize for hosting controvers...
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Pakistan and Iran have summoned their British ambassadors to protest that author Salman Rushdie, accused of insulting Islam in his novel "The Satanic Verses," was to be honored with a knighthood.Ir...
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Srinagar, Kashmir (dpa) - Scores of demonstrators Friday marched
through Srinagar, the capital of India-administered Kashmir, to
protest the British government's move to kni...
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Iran on Sunday condemned Britain's decision to knight Salman Rushdie, the author who was forced into hiding for a decade after the leader of the Iranian revolution ordered his assassination.Iran Fo...
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Pakistani lawmakers passed a government-backed resolution Monday demanding Britain withdraw the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, condemning the honor as an insult to the religious senti...
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London (dpa) - Britain, already on high security alert following
the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow ten days ago, has been
given a chilling warning over its decis...
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Tehran (dpa) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has hurt the
sentiments of Muslims worldwide by knighting Indian-born British
author Salman Rushdie, the Iranian vice speaker sai...
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