Ma Ba'ad Dhahniya Tahrimمابعد ذهنية التحريم

'Beyond the mentality of prohibitions', in this work the author, Sadiq Jalal al-Azm (1934-2016), presents a more complex and advanced treatment of issues raised by Salman Rushdie's novel 'The Satanic verses', also raised in the author's previous work. He has an extended response to his most prominent critics, and includes a studied and documented reading of Rushdie's novel with in-depth discussion of it. The work includes quotes from Rushdie's work, and from comments and critiques. This work is published in the hope to further democratic dialogue in the current intellectual and cultural life, around freedom of expression in the Arab world.

Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm (1934 – December 11, 2016) was a Professor Emeritus of Modern European Philosophy at the University of Damascus in Syria and was, until 2007, a visiting professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. His main area of specialization was the work of German philosopher Immanuel Kant, but he later placed a greater emphasis upon the Islamic world and its relationship to the West, evidenced by his contribution to the discourse of Orientalism. Al-Azm was also known as a human rights advocate and a champion of intellectual freedom and free speech (Wikipedia)