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Kureishi on the Rushdie affair
Kenan Malik talks to Hanif Kureishi about the Rushdie fatwa and why no one would write such a book today
Subject: ReligionRacial divisions
Kenan Malik
— 29th June 2008 — Issue 147 
The debate over race has moved on. To judge from his review of my book, Mark Pagel hasn’t noticed
Subject: Books & literature, People & populations, Science & technologyIllusions of identity
Amartya Sen discusses his new book, in which he claims that the British approach to multiculturalism has undermined individual freedom
Subject: Books & literature, British society, People & populationsToo much respect
Liberals argue that a more diverse society requires less diverse opinion. Nonsense
Subject: ReligionBorn in Bradford
I witnessed the birth of political multiculturalism in Britain. It was in Bradford in the late 1980s when the left, shamefully, swapped secular universalism for ethnic particularism
Subject: British politics, British society, People & populations, ReligionIslamophobia myth
If there is a backlash against British Muslims, where is the evidence for it? Scaremongering about Islamophobia promotes a Muslim victim culture and allows some community leaders to inflame a sense of injury while suppressing internal debate. The new religious hatred law will make matters worse
Subject: East & Southeast Asia, People & populations, ReligionHuman conditions
John Gray is a tragic fatalist. Steven Pinker believes in a progressive science of humanity. Are either of them right?
Subject: Books & literature, People & populations, Science & technologyThe moral clone
There should be no moral objections to human cloning or the creation of embryos for life-saving stem cells.
Subject: East & Southeast Asia, Science & technologyLet them die
The preservation of dying languages and cultures is pointless and reactionary. People want to join modernity
Subject: International politics, People & populationsNatural science
How can we explain both our disquiet about the new genetics and our enthusiasm biological explanations of human nature?
Subject: People & populations, Science & technologyKenan Malik
Kenan Malik is author of “From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy” (Atlantic), from which this interview is taken
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