The author and the book [sampling of initial reviews and stories about the author] / The mounting protest [documents reactions in Muslim communities in India, then elsewhere] / The Khomeini fatwa [essential statements on Rushdie emanating from Iran in mid-February 1989] / The international response : United Kingdon and World Roundup; France; West Germany; Italy; Norway; Egypt; Canada; United States [diverse comments, news stories, editorials, and resolutions in reaction on the fatwa] / Reflections : truth and fiction, writers and religion, on censorship, on Islam, on understanding and toleration [fuller essays and statements taking a broader view on the issues raised by the affair].