01-04-2004, 08:16 AM
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Originally posted by Endymon32
The Satanic Verses was a PRO muslim work, it just goes to show how silly and repressive the muslims that ordered Salman's death sentence are. The villians in that book were Britian and the west. But Muslims are just misunderstood......
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Hmm.. Don't know about that as I haven't read it and don't have enough knowledge of Islam to understand all the metaphor, but I saw this review on Amazon
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164 of 172 people found the following review helpful: Fascinating, but knowledge of Islam and India is crucial, July 7, 2001 Reviewer: A reader from Cairo, Egypt Being a Moslem, and having recently returned from an extended stay in India, I read The Satanic Verses with keen interest and found that both of these experiences contributed immensely to my enjoyment of this complex work. It was a clever showcase of Rushdie's typically brilliant prose, and a thoroughly compelling read. But be warned: many of the jokes and references probably would escape the average Western reader (by average, I mean one not familiar with Islam or Indian culture). That being said, I noticed that many reviewers here say they do not find the book offensive to Moslems, while simultaneously admitting their own lack of knowledge regarding Islam. As a fairly well-versed Moslem, I can impartially state that Rushdie repeatedly criticizes, and even ridicules, the Islamic faith, in ways both subtle and overt, throughout this entire book. Did Rushie's criticism bother me? Not at all. Did it justify a Fatwa by the Ayatollah? Of course not. But can the book be reasonably interpreted as being offensive to some Moslems? Those who know the Islamic faith would be hard-pressed to argue otherwise. Nevertheless, realizing that this is just a work of fiction by a gifted novelist, I enjoyed reading the book and recommend it to all my friends. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title
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