The new edition of From Fatwa to Jihad, with an Afterword (and a new subtitle) is published today.

You can read an extract from the new Preface, and watch two Faculti videos I made about the original edition.

You can buy the book from most bookshops, or from Amazon. Patrons of Pandaemonium who contribute more than $5 a month get a free copy. I will be in touch!

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Hanif Kureishi

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Monica Ali

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Faisal Gazi, Guardian

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Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal

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Lindsay Johns, New Humanist

‘A detailed and arresting recount and analysis of recent history and a valuable contribution to Rushdie’s own cause of free speech.’

Sudeep Paul, Indian Express

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