Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Books 2010The Number 1 international bestseller updated and reissued.Almost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of protesters became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and offence. In From Fatwa to Jihad, Kenan Malik reveals how the Rushdie affair transformed the debate worldwide on multiculturalism, tolerance and free speech, helped fuel the rise of radical Islam and pointed the way to the horrors of 9/11 and 7/7.In this new edition, Malik examines the rise of home-grown jihadis, the threat of IS-inspired terrorism in Europe and how the West has failed to learn the lessons of the past.

Kenan Malik is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster. He is a presenter ofAnalysis of BBC Radio 4, and a panellist onThe Moral Maze. He has taught at universities in Britain, Europe, Australia and the USA, presented many TV documentaries and writes regularly for newspapers across the world including theNew York Times, theGuardian,Göteborgs-Posten and theAustralian. His books includeThe Meaning of Race,Man, Beast and Zombie,Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate andThe Quest for a Moral Compass.