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The Satanic Verses

Spencer explains the ‘Satanic Verses’ in Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 53, “The Star”

October 5, 2008

  Rushdie didn’t make them up Most people associate “the Satanic verses” with the notorious novel by Salman Rushdie. In 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie for writing this book — and this death sentence has been perpetually reaffirmed by Iranian leaders, though no assassin has yet carried it out. [...]

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