Social Developments: Developments for Muslims

Question 1

Who published the book “The Satanic Verses”?

Answer 1

Salman Rushdie

Question 2

When was The Satanic Verses book published?

Answer 2

1988

Question 3

How was Satanic Verses seen by Muslims?

Answer 3

it was seen as blasphemous

Question 4

Where were Satanic Verses books burnt?

Answer 4

Bradford

Question 5

Where did the Satanic Verses controversy spread to?

Answer 5

Pakistan

Question 6

What did the religious leader of Iran demand Muslims do to Rushdie?

Answer 6

Kill him

Question 7

When did a Labour MP call for a protest against The Satanic Verses book?

Answer 7

1989

Question 8

Name a Conservative MP who was hostile to The Satanic Verses

Answer 8

Norman Tebbit

Question 9

What negative international development occurred for Muslims in 1990?

Answer 9

The First Gulf War

Question 10

Why were there tensions over Muslims with the first Gulf War?

Answer 10

Because Western nations were fighting a Muslim force

Question 11

What negative international development occurred for Muslims throughout the 1980s and most of the 1990s?

Answer 11

The Balkan Conflict

Question 12

Name an event in the Balkan conflict and the year it occurred

Answer 12

The Massacre at Srebrenica, 1995

Question 13

Why was the Balkan conflict a negative development for Muslims?

Answer 13

There was a large Muslim population in Bosnia

Question 14

What was the issue for Muslims in Bosnia?

Answer 14

They were being driven out by Serbia

Question 15

How did British Muslims initially feel about Western response to the Balkan conflict?

Answer 15

They were displeased that there had been no foreign intervention

Question 16

How did the media contribute to Muslims being shown in the Balkan conflict? What year was this photo taken?

Answer 16

They were shown in a concentration camp in 1992

Question 17

How did Salman Rushdie label Muhammad in the Satanic Verses book?

Answer 17

He labelled him with a derogatory term for the Crusades

Question 18

What was the Muslim population in Britain in 1990?

Answer 18

1 million

Question 19

What was the Muslim population in Britain in 1995?

Answer 19

1.2 million

Question 20

What year was the first Muslim MP elected?

Answer 20

1997