CEP Webinar: The Satanic Verses To Charlie Hebdo – The Fatwa’s Legacy

Friday, Feb 10, 2023

On February 10, 2023, CEP hosted the webinar The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo: The Fatwa’s Legacy with journalist Graeme Wood and CEP advisor Liam Duffy.

Ahead of the anniversary of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie and his publishing staff, discussants reflected on the recent attack on Rushdie, the legacy of the fatwa, as well as other attacks against perceived blasphemers such as against Charlie Hebdo. 

Participants:

  • Graeme Wood, Staff Writer at The Atlantic and author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and teaches at Yale University.
  • Liam Duffy, CEP Strategic Advisor and a regular contributor for UnHerd. He has written for The Spectator, The Daily Express and CapX on extremism. Liam recently authored the CEP report Gradualists to Jihadists: Islamist Narratives in the West.

Daily Dose

Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers. 

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