talking
reading
This was a special edition of Newsnight Review on
The Satanic Verses
the Rushdie Affair
and its legacy for free speech.
Taking part were Germaine Greer, Ekow Eshun,
Tariq Modood and myself.
It was chaired by
Matha Kearney and
broadcast on BBC 2,
24 July 2009, 23.15.
For an extended discussion
of these themes see my book From Fatwa to Jihad:
The Rushdie Affair
and its Legacy
(Atlantic, 2009)
