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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.
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. [42]: 10–11 Patricia Crone makes a similar point but regarding the preceding verses, Q. 53:19-20 ...
In his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie adapts major motifs and plot elements from Paradise Lost, such as a "fall" and subsequent transformation. The epic was also one of the prime inspirations for Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels His Dark Materials (the title itself a quotation from Book II of Paradise Lost).
A rally in London’s Park Lane against the publication of Salman Rushdie’s controversial book The Satanic Verses in 1989 (PA)
UPDATED with latest: The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after suffering grave injuries at the hand of an assailant who stabbed him multiple times onstage at a literary ...
Rushdie returns to the literary scene with a memoir recounting the violent attack he suffered on stage Salman Rushdie: Author of Knife and The Satanic Verses reflects on 2022 attempt on his life ...
The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.It centered on the novel's references to the Satanic Verses (apocryphal verses of the Quran), and came to include a larger debate about censorship and religious violence.
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 ...