The satanic verses

[Kamika]

Did anyone ever read this book, and in that case can anyone tell me just what stuff the muslims found so offensive.

I'm gonna start reading it today




(Disclaimer: I am not racist, I have nothing against jews, muslims or christians, whites, blacks, asians, indians, straight, homosexual or any sort of person what so ever, I judge persons after their persona not their religion or skin color or ethnicity. And I am an all around nice person. Please don't ban me.)

[HEyHEY]

1. I posted about this the other day

I tried to read it, I really did. But I couldn't get into it. It sits beside my bed as we speak.

[Intelsucks]

2. The Mullahs in Iran have a bounty on Salmon Rushdie's head

to this very day for authoring that book. I guess he won't be vacationing in Iran any time soon.

[Kamika]

3. yeah I know

I'd like to know why.


I think the first chapter is about the lockerbie flight

[Intelsucks]

4. I've never read the book myself, but from what I understand

he claims that Islam is a "Satanic" religion. If I say anything beyond that, I'll be out of bounds without actually reading the book.

[donco6]

5. Here's what I found:

From a review of the book:

Perhaps the most sensational episode takes place in a brothel and bestows on prostitutes the names of Muhammed's wives.

This is outrageous to Muslims since they revere their prophet's spouses as "mothers of all believers." Rushdie does not present Mahound's wives as fallen women, though; rather, the prostitutes borrow the names and gradually take on the identities of the wives to mock Mahound.

[Kamika]

6. hm ok

thanks !

I wouldn't know this othervise, no idea what their names were

[lynx rufus]

7. To make a very long story very short:

In the book, Rushdie, a Muslim himself, says that Islam is a
sham. This is not, in essence, why death threats were made.
He was, in fact, condemned for denying the existence of God.
Muslims believe we all - well, most of us, anyway - worship the same God and that anyone who believes in God and does good works will be saved. When Rushdie denied the existence of God he knew exactly what he was doing... and he knew an order for his death would follow.
He also knew that such an order would almost certainly never
actually be carried out.

This boy knows how to sell books.

[Kamika]

10. huh they want to kill him because he says god doesnt exist??

there are millions of ppl doing that

[patricia92243]

8. Has ANYBODY actually bought and read the book - lol

[Kamika]

9. I've bought it

and read about 80 pages

[CanuckAmok]

11. Yes, I bought and read it...

And even though I'm no dummy, I didn't really 'get' it, or enjoy it. I found it as incomprehensible as "Gravity's Rainbow".

I think a better understanding of religion might have made the book more enjoyable for me, but I really don't know much about the beliefs of diferent faiths.

And, on a purely practical level, I don't enjoy Rushdie's florid, inefficient writing style. I find it tedious and unnecessary, especially in a 500+ page novel. It made me want to track him down and scream "PUT DOWN THE F***ING THESAURUS AND GET TO THE BLOODY POINT!"

From now on, nothing but Tintin for me.

[Kamika]

12. I read another Rushdie book

Haroun and the sea of stories

..

It wasn't all 'that'