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  2. The Satanic Verses - Wikipedia

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    The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel from the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad . As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.

  3. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder - Wikipedia

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    The book recounts the stabbing attack on Rushdie in 2022. It hit number one in the Sunday Times Bestsellers List in the General hardbacks category. [2] Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses had led to a widespread controversy among Muslims, prompting the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran. [3] [4]

  4. Satanic Verses - Wikipedia

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    Nicolai Sinai argues that the conciliatory satanic verses would make no sense in the context of the scathing criticism in the subsequent verses, whether they were uttered before Q.53:21-22 or (if those replaced the satanic verses) Q. 53:24-25. [43]: 10–11 Patricia Crone makes a similar point but regarding the preceding verses, Q. 53:19-20 ...

  5. India forced to lift decades-long ban on Salman Rushdie’s The ...

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    India’s ban on the import of author Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses has been overturned by the Delhi High Court due to a remarkable situation – the original notification cannot be found.

  6. Hitoshi Igarashi - Wikipedia

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    In early 1989, Supreme Leader of Iran Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of "the author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Qur'an". In March 1991, Khomeini's successor Ali Khamenei issued a further fatwa and multimillion-dollar bounty for the death of "any of those involved in its ...

  7. I Grew Up Believing “The Satanic Verses” Was ... - AOL

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    People can be afraid of books, and crucially, they can make others afraid of them, too.View Entire Post › I Grew Up Believing “The Satanic Verses” Was Dangerous. Here’s Why That Matters.

  8. List of atheists (surnames N to Q) - Wikipedia

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    British (English) writer and journalist, a novelist, critic, and commentator on politics and culture, one of the most admired English-language essayists of the twentieth century, and most famous for two novels critical of totalitarianism in general (Nineteen Eighty-Four), and Stalinism in particular (Animal Farm).

  9. Satanic verses (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    The Satanic Verses are words of "satanic suggestion" that the Islamic prophet Muhammad is alleged to have mistaken for divine revelation. Satanic verses may refer to: The Satanic Verses, a 1988 novel by Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses controversy, a controversy surrounding the novel The Satanic Verses "Satanic Verses" (song), a 1994 song by ...