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The Satanic Verses is a 1988 novel by Salman Rushdie that explores the themes of immigration, identity, and religion. It follows two Indian actors who survive a plane crash and are transformed into an angel and a devil, and depicts the riots and violence sparked by the book's blasphemous content.
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 ...
The Satanic Verses controversy was a global debate sparked by Salman Rushdie's novel, which referenced a legend of Muhammad and the Quran. It led to a fatwa by Iran's Supreme Leader, death threats, attacks, and censorship.
The Satanic Bible is a collection of essays, observations, and rituals by Anton LaVey, the founder of LaVeyan Satanism. It challenges the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, and promotes Epicureanism, magic, and Satanism as a philosophy of self-indulgence.
Hitoshi Igarashi (五十嵐 一, Igarashi Hitoshi, 10 June 1947 – 11 July 1991) was a Japanese scholar of Arabic and Persian literature and history and the Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.
Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist who won the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children and faced a fatwa for The Satanic Verses. Learn about his life, works, awards, controversies and personal relationships.
Learn how the British musician Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) endorsed the killing of the author Salman Rushdie in 1989, and later clarified his remarks as jokes or misinterpretations. Find out the context, the controversy and the reactions to his statements.
According to the journalist Bob Woffinden, A Brief History of Blasphemy was widely praised in the immediate aftermath of the controversy over The Satanic Verses. [5] Some reviewers suggested that Webster shows that liberal support for unrestricted freedom of speech is inconsistent with other liberal values, and demonstrates the religious origins of belief in freedom of expression.