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Author | : Malise Ruthven |
Publisher | : Random House (UK) |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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This is a full account of the Rushdie affair pointing out how the crisis has focused attention on the cultural divide between the West and Muslim countries and secular and religious cultures.
Author | : Salman Rushdie |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 2000-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780312270827 |
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Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations.
Author | : Daniel Pipes |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2017-09-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1351474782 |
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The publication in 1988 of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses triggered a furor that pitted much of the Islamic world against the West over issues of blasphemy and freedom of expression. The controversy soon took on the aspect of a confrontation of civilizations, provoking powerful emotions on a global level. It involved censorship, protests, riots, a break in diplomatic relations, culminating in the notorious Iranian edict calling for the death of the novelist. In The Rushdie Affair, Daniel Pipes explains why the publication of The Satanic Verses became a cataclysmic event with far-reaching political and social consequences.Pipes looks at the Rushdie affair in both its political and cultural aspects and shows in considerable detail what the fundamentalists perceived as so offensive in The Satanic Verses as against what Rushdie's novel actually said. Pipes explains how the book created a new crisis between Iran and the West at the time--disrupting international diplomacy, billions of dollars in trade, and prospects for the release of Western hostages in Lebanon.Pipes maps out the long-term implications of the crisis. If the Ayatollah so easily intimidated the West, can others do the same? Can millions of fundamentalist Muslims now living in the United States and Europe possibly be assimilated into a culture so alien to them? Insightful and brilliantly written, this volume provides a full understanding of one of the most significant events in recent years. Koenraad Elst's postscript reviews the enduring impact of the Rushdie affair.
Author | : Malise Ruthven |
Publisher | : Random House (UK) |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Islam |
ISBN | : 9780701209285 |
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Author | : Anne Somerset |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1466862807 |
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The Affair of the Poisons, as it became known, was an extraordinary episode that took place in France during the reign of Louis XIV. When poisoning and black magic became widespread, arrests followed. Suspects included those among the highest ranks of society. Many were tortured and numerous executions resulted. The 1676 torture and execution of the Marquise de Brinvilliers marked the start of the scandal which rocked the foundations of French society and sent shock waves through all of Europe. Convicted of conspiring with her adulterous lover to poison her father and brothers in order to secure the family fortune, the marquise was the first member of the noble class to fall. In the French court of the period, where sexual affairs were numerous, ladies were not shy of seeking help from the murkier elements of the Parisian underworld, and fortune-tellers supplemented their dubious trade by selling poison. It was not long before the authorities were led to believe that Louis XIV himself was at risk. With the police chief of Paris police alerted, every hint of danger was investigated. Rumors abounded and it was not long before the King ordered the setting up of a special commission to investigate the poisonings and bring offenders to justice. No one, the King decreed, no matter how grand, would be spared having to account for their conduct. The royal court was soon thrown into disarray. The Mistress of the Robes and a distinguished general were among the early suspects. But they paled into insignificance when the King's mistress was incriminated. If, as was said, she had engaged in vile Satanic rituals and had sought to poison a rival for the King's affections, what was Louis XIV to do? Anne Somerset has gone back to original sources, letters and earlier accounts of the affair. By the end of her account, she reaches firm conclusions on various crucial matters. The Affair of the Poisons is an enthralling account of a sometimes bizarre period in French history.
Author | : Dore Strauch |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2014-05-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781497424326 |
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Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. A extraordinary portrait of a 1930s murder mystery as strange and alluring as the famous archipelago itself. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninhabited Floreana Island. But after the international press sensationalizes the exploits of the island's 'Adam and Eve,' others flock there, including a self-styled Swiss Family Robinson.
Author | : Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 38 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Blasphemy (Islam) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : H. D. Carlton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781957635125 |
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Author | : Zadie Smith |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2001-01-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0141939230 |
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An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time! 'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Guardian On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative. Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior. Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . . ***** 'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times 'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph 'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted' Salman Rushdie
Author | : Molly Doyle |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2021-10-09 |
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ISBN | : |
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After wandering into an alluring Halloween party that is said to go down in history, Quinn finds herself captivated by three masked men. As she immerses herself in a night of both pleasure and pain, she finally has the opportunity to bring her darkest fantasies to life. Or death. This is a Dark Romance/Suspense, RH Novella. Scream For Us contains mature and graphic content that is not suitable for all audiences. TRIGGER WARNINGS include: graphic sexually explicit scenes, physical assault, attempted sexual assault, violence, mentions of self harm/bullying, breath play/choking, knife play, fire play, blood/gore, voyeurism, mask kink, praise/degradation kink, and murder.