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Originally Posted by maleficent
I read the book when it was all over the press that Rushdie was given a death sentence over it -- it was a interesting read... a work of fiction... the struggle between good and evil.... the characters were muslim but they could have been sue and bob from topeka... it was fiction...
Just when I think I am the most uptight person that I know... I hear about people like that... Grrrrr
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I think the name of the book itself was the problem more. It refers to an alleged passage of the Qu'ran in which Muhammad accepts the reality and power of a Goddess who is other than Allah - said passage is supposed to be later removed.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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