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Debate: From Fatwa and book burning to Jihad and hate laws: Twenty years of 'free speech wars' Place: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH Date: 12 February 2009 Time: 19:00 - 21:00 Price: £7 (concs £5); advance booking required In February 1989, five months after the publication of _The Satanic Verses_, Ayotollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against its author Salman Rushdie. It is often seen as a pivotal moment in shaping the landscape of contemporary Western society. So, twenty years on, what is the legacy of the most famous free speech controversy of modern times? Kenan Malik Author, _From Fatwa to Jihad: the Salman Rushdie affair and its legacy_ (Atlantic Books, 2009) In debate with: Tariq Modood Professor of Sociology, Bristol University; Director, University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship. Respondents include: Stephen Law Provost, Centre for Inquiry London Amol Rajan Reporter at the _The Independent_ Jo Glanville Editor, _Index on Censorship_ Maleiha Malik Reader in law, King's College, London Inayat Bunglawala Muslim Council of Britain Chair: Claire Fox Director, Institute of Ideas This debate is presented by the Institute of Ideas and the Bishopsgate Institute, in association with _Index on Censorship_. More information and booking at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=342 -- ============================================== Dr Geoffrey Roper Bibliographical & Editorial Consultant (Middle Eastern & Muslim areas & languages) Leith, St Mark's Hill, Surbiton London, KT6 4LW, Great Britain [log in to unmask] +44 (0) 20 8390 0497 ==============================================