Satanic Verses
Controversial literary passages
The Satanic Verses refers to Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel, which sparked worldwide controversy and a fatwa calling for the author's death.
The title alludes to alleged verses in the Quran that were later removed as Satanic deception.
The phrase now evokes debates over blasphemy, free expression, and religious extremism: The Satanic Verses affair changed how publishers approach controversial works.
- RushdieFatwa-targeted novelist
- fatwaIslamic legal pronouncement
- death threatStated intent to murder
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- IslamQuranic monotheistic religion
Khomeini · religious offense · prophet · Muhammad · controversy · banned · heresy · apostasy · novel · magic realism · exile · literary · Bombay · migration · dreams · fallen angels · revelation · Saladin
- banned books1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lady Chatterley
- literary disputesplagiarism, defamation suits, self-plagiarism
Satanic VersesQuran
Islam's central scripture
divine revelation · Gospel · Torah · holy writ · sacred text
Satanic VersesThe Alchemist
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