THE MAKING OF A EUROPEAN JIHADI

Kenan Malik
writer, lecturer and broadcaster. A new, updated edition of his book From Fatwa to Jihad was published this year, which tells the story of ‘How the world changed from The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo’. Previous books include The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics (2014), Multiculturalism and its Discontents (2012), Strange Fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate (2008), Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us about Human Nature (2000) and The Meaning of Race (1996). Kenan Malik is a columnist for the International New York Times, and has written for newspapers and magazines in Europe, America and Australia. He has made a number of radio and TV documentaries on scientific, moral and political issues. He blogs at Pandaemonium: www.kenanmalik.wordress.com

Moderator: Isolde Charim, philosopher, author