"Satanic Verses"
02-05-02 | 03:53 PM
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From: Bartertown due to it having a better economy than where I really live.
"Satanic Verses"
Anyone ever read it?
what's it about?
is it fiction? It was in what I think is the fiction section of the school library. I paged through it but got a Harry Turtledove book instead
what's it about?
is it fiction? It was in what I think is the fiction section of the school library. I paged through it but got a Harry Turtledove book instead
02-06-02 | 01:13 PM
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I've always meant to read this one, myself.
One thing, though. Everyone's aware of the controversy surrounding this title. I've heard that, unless you are or ever have been a Moslem, you probably won't understand what was so offensive about the book that caused a fatwa to be placed on the author.
Anyone who knows care to elaborate on what was so offensive to certain sectors of the Islamic world? Spoiler tag in necessary.
One thing, though. Everyone's aware of the controversy surrounding this title. I've heard that, unless you are or ever have been a Moslem, you probably won't understand what was so offensive about the book that caused a fatwa to be placed on the author.
Anyone who knows care to elaborate on what was so offensive to certain sectors of the Islamic world? Spoiler tag in necessary.
02-06-02 | 02:18 PM
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Originally posted by Josh-da-man
Anyone who knows care to elaborate on what was so offensive to certain sectors of the Islamic world? Spoiler tag in necessary.
Anyone who knows care to elaborate on what was so offensive to certain sectors of the Islamic world? Spoiler tag in necessary.
Spoiler:
-David
02-06-02 | 03:56 PM
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:-)
Look out for his latest: "I Hate That Fat Guy, Buddha"FWIW I've read one or two Rushdie's in my time and enjoyed them.
IIRC Midnight's Children won the Booker Prize and was a fascinasting read based on lives of children born at the exact time of India's independence and its split from what became Pakistan.
I never got around to reading The Satanic Verses.
I believe the title refers to certain verses linked with the origin of the Koran but which were later said to have been dictated by Satan rather than by Gabriel. They were deemed to be blasphemous and not part of the official scripture.
02-06-02 | 05:03 PM
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posted by benedict
I believe Rushdie's treatment of this moment, his re-creation of the events, is what caused the fatwa. But he based this moment on scepticism that had existed for centuries. (At least I think I read that somewhere, Islam is a bit foreign to me.)
I believe the title refers to certain verses linked with the origin of the Koran but which were later said to have been dictated by Satan rather than by Gabriel. They were deemed to be blasphemous and not part of the official scripture.
