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  1. Feb 27, 2019 · The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On. Home. Clips. This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer. Mobeen Azhar examines the lasting effect Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses has had ...

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  2. PR6068.U757 S27 1988. 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.

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    • 1988
  3. Sep 25, 2018 · Author Salman Rushdie is in the hospital with serious injuries after being stabbed by a man at an arts festival in New York State on Aug. 12, 2022. The following article was published in 2018 on ...

    • Myriam Renaud
  4. Ruhollah Khomeini (in 1981), then Supreme Leader of Iran who issued the fatwa. 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 ...

  5. Feb 27, 2019 · In 1989, the publication of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses sparked global unrest. Many Muslims accused Rushdie of blasphemy, and a fatwa was famously issued calling for the author’s death.

    • Salma Haidrani
  6. Feb 12, 2019 · Video; Live; Close menu. BBC Two. Newsnight ... It’s been 30 years since a fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie over his novel, The Satanic Verses. ... More clips from Newsnight.

  7. Jun 13, 2005 · One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to ...

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