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The Indian-British writer Saman Rushdie (photo: picture-alliance/AP Images/Grant Pollard/Invision/AP)

Salman Rushdie attack

Summoning up Ayatollah Khomeini's spirit

Thirty-three years after Ayatollah Khomeini first issued his "Satanic Verses" fatwa, the attempt to kill Indian-born British writer Salman Rushdie in the United States proves just how destructive the political instrumentalisation of Islam is, writes Loay MudhoonMore

Katajun Amirpur's "Khomeini" biography: Khomeini, the enigmatic AyatollahExecution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offence in some Muslim countriesInterview with Salman Rushdie: Kashmir, Paradise lost
Author Salman Rushdie (photo: Getty Images)

Salman Rushdie attack in New York

Surge of interest in Rushdie's works

The shocking knife attack on author Salman Rushdie has fanned interest in his works – above all, "The Satanic Verses", which left him living for years under a looming death threat.More

Khomeini's fatwa on Salman Rushdie: Fundamentalist claimsSalman Rushdie and "The Satanic Verses": The complicated craft of enlightenmentInterview with Salman Rushdie: Kashmir, Paradise lost
Author Salman Rushdie (photo: empics/picture-alliance)

Interview with Salman Rushdie

Kashmir, Paradise lost

Salman Rushdie's "Shalimar the Clown" is a furious tale about a lost paradise. In this interview with Lewis Gropp, Salman Rushdie talks about how the Indian army and militant jihadists destroyed Kashmir's traditional culture of toleranceMore

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Islamic scholar Annemarie Schimmel (photo: Jürgen Eis/Imago)

Women and Islamic studies

Annemarie Schimmel’s pioneering take on Islam

This year Annemarie Schimmel, the great German scholar of Islamic studies, would have turned 100. Unique within the German and international academic community of her time, Schimmel’s pioneering work was characterised by a love of Islam. A tribute by Stefan WeidnerMore

10th anniversary of the death of Annemarie Schimmel: Searching for the inner life of IslamInterview with Angelika Neuwirth: "The claim that Islam lacks an Enlightenment is an age-old cliche"Qantara dossier: Mysticism | Sufism
Salman Rushdie (photo: AP)

Criticism of Islam and freedom of speech

No pluralism without pussies

Salman Rushdie has accused the U.S. writers boycotting a prize for "Charlie Hebdo" of displaying a lack of character. But the best-selling author is missing a crucial point: freedom of expression is not absolute. A commentary by Johan SchloemannMore

Democracy and freedom of speech: Charlie and TheoReactions to the "Charlie Hebdo" attack in the Arab world: "Radicals killed radicals" Interview with Salman Rushdie: Kashmir, Paradise Lost
Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, performing at a music festival in Italy (photo: picture-alliance/Photoshot)

Yusuf Islam

The "Peace Train" is rolling again

Yusuf Islam is the most famous convert to Islam in the world and one of the most successful pop stars of the 70s. Now, the man known to millions as Cat Stevens is back on tour in Germany. By Hans Joachim HennigMore

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