Presentación satanic verses

Satanic verses and the european reaction

WRITTEN BY: Ana Hierro, Barbara Jimenez, Candela Dueñas, LUCA COLANTUONO & Patrcia Gomez de Liaño

INDEX

1. BOOK SUMMARY
2. WHO IS SALMAN RUSHDIE?
3. THREATS
4. IMPACT ON SOCIETY: OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL (MUSLIM) IMPACT
5. impacT ON ISALMIC-CHRITIAN RELATIONS AND POST COLONIAN DISCORSE
6. GLOBAL PROTECTION

BOOK SUMMARY

• "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie is a symbolic and prickly novel.

• Elements of magical realism, religion and identity.

• Two protagonists: Gibreel Farishta (angelic characteristics) and Saladin Chamcha(demonized).

BOOK SUMMARY

• Key themes in the novel :

--> Religion and blasphemy; --> Identity and immigration; --> Morality and ambiguity.

• Rushdie’s style combines surreal with reality, creating an original text that mixes satire, mythology and social criticism.

• The book became infamous for sparking a massive controversy, ultimately resulting in a fatwa issued against its author, Salman Rushdie, in 1989.

WHO IS SALMAN RUSHDIE?

• Born on 19 June 1947 in Bombay India, his father Anis Ahmed was a lawyer and his mother Negin Bhatt was a teacher

• In 1961, at the age of 14, he and his family moved to the UK. He studied history at Cambridge University.

• where he focused on religion and Muslim history.

Other books:

• Children Midnight's
• Shame
• The Satanic Verses

THREATS AND BOOK BANS

• Book bans and death threats

"Muslims in many parts of the world are genuinely distressed by the publication of my novel. I profoundly regret the distress the publication has occasioned to the sincere followers of Islam."

• The fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini

"I call on all valiant Muslims wherever they may be in the world to kill them without delay, so that no one will dare insult the sacred beliefs of Muslims henceforth,"

IMPACT ON SOCIETY

On freedom of expression and censorship:

• Amania Yaquin: "Postcolonialism and the Islamic world: Identity, Representation, and Conflict". She critiques how Western secularism can faul to undestand the complexity of religious identities, particulary in the context of Islam

On Multiculturalism and identity:

• Moustafa Bayoumi: How does it feel to be a problem? explores the callenges of being a Muslim in the West.
• Bhikhu Parekh: Rethinking multiculturalism. discusses the limits of multiculturalism as exemplified by The Satanic Verses controversy.

IMPACT ON ISALMIC-CHRIsTIAN RELATIONS AND POST COLONIAN DISCORSE

• Edward Said in Culture and Imperialism discussed the novel as part of the broader legacy of post-colonial literature that critiques Western domination and the silencing of non-Western voices. He argued that The Satanic Verses was an important part of Rushdie’s exploration of the legacies of imperialism.

• Homi K. Bhabha in The Location of Culture explored how Rushdie’s work navigates issues of hybrid identity and the complexities of cultural and religious allegiance in a post-colonial world.

GLOBAL PROTECTION

SUPPORT FROM THE WESTERN WORLD

ESCORts and hidden life

RETURN TO PUBLIC LIFE

• Permanent police protection
• changes of location
• use of false identities
• ASKED IRAN TO RETIRE THE SENTENCE
• WITHDRAWAL OF THE AMBASSADORS FROM IRAN

• MOVED TO NEW YORK
• LESS PROTECTION
• FRUSTRATED ATTEMPTS TO END HIS LIFE

2022 ATTACK

• THE THREAT HAD NOT DISAPPEARED
• Survived thanks to those present that day
• the author was charged with three counts of terrorism according to the U.S. justice system.

REFLECTION OF THE DEFENSE ON THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES

FREEDOM OF SPEECHRIGHT TO LIFEopposition to religious fanaticism as a tool of censorship or violence.

Bibliography

• "Biografia de Salman Rushdie". Biografias y Vidas .com, www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/r/rushdie.htm.

• Caeiro, Alexandre. “The Making of the Fatwa: The Production of Islamic Legal Expertise in Europe.” Archives de Sciences Sociales Des Religions, vol. 56, no. 155, 2011, pp. 81–100. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41239676

• Campbell, Carola y Pat Bauer. "The Satanic Verses | Synopsis, Fatwa, Controversy, & Facts | Britannica".

• Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 de noviembre de 2018, www.britannica.com/topic/The-Satanic-Verses. Accedido el 27 de noviembre de 2024.

• Han, Yoonji. “Explaining the Controversy around ‘satanic Verses,’ the Book That Led to the Fatwa against Author Salman Rushdie.” Business Insider, Business Insider, www.businessinsider.com/salman-rushdie-attacked-chautauqua-fatwa-satanic-verses-islam-controversy-2022-8

• Prose, Francine. “<em>how Does It Feel to Be a Problem?</Em>.” Oprah.Com, Oprah.com, 19 Aug. 2008, www.oprah.com/omagazine/how-does-it-feel-to-be-a-problem-by-moustafa-bayoumi-review.

• The Location of Culture, www2.tf.jcu.cz/~klapetek/bha.pdf. 2024. Parekh Rethinking Multiculturalism, is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2011/HIA261/Parekh_Rethinking_multiculturalism.pdf. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.

• “The Salman Rushdie Affair: Apostasy, Honor, and Freedom of Speech.” Virginia Law Review 79, no. 1 (1993): 153–204. https://doi.org/10.2307/1073409.

• KAUSSLER, BERND. “British-Iranian Relations, ‘The Satanic Verses’ and the Fatwa: A Case of Two-Level Game Diplomacy.” British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2011, pp. 203–25. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23076981. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.“Part 1: Khomeini’s Fatwa on Rushdie.”

• Wilson Center, www.wilsoncenter.org/article/part-1-khomeinis-fatwa-rushdie. Gavin D'Costa. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-blackfriars/article/secular-discourse-and-the-clash-of-faiths-the-satanic-verses-in-british-society/F9EAE80065CD5D0BADFA20BA7FC7A033Slaughter, M. M.