What's wrong with Muslim response to Rushdie affair?
There are establishment intellectuals who are vociferous about Rushdie's right to write, but kowtow to repressive governments that stifle dissent, imprison writers and shut down media outlets under various pretexts. Many have rightfully denounced the deplorable attack on Rushdie in New York. Bu...
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Media Prima Group
2022
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/99763/1/99763_What%27s%20wrong%20with%20Muslim%20response%20to%20Rushdie.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/99763/ https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2022/08/826655/whats-wrong-muslim-response-rushdie-affair |
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| الملخص: | There are establishment intellectuals who are vociferous about Rushdie's right to write, but kowtow to repressive governments that stifle dissent, imprison writers and shut down media outlets under various pretexts. Many have rightfully denounced the deplorable attack on Rushdie in New York. But what about midnight door knocks and forced disappearances of journalists and writers in countries ruled by autocrats? There are commentators who are vocal about Rushdie's right to write but are not equally silver-tongued about free speech infringements in other cases. While Muslims must avoid book-burning and other forms of furore, the self-styled champions of free speech cannot overlook such issues. Silence on them will complicate the freedom-of-expression discourse and may not further the interest of Rushdie as a writer. |
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