2006-06-28 13:19:14 · 7 answers · asked by Meg 1 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Because fundamentalist (i.e. insane) Muslim clerics put a price on Salmon Rushdie's head for denigrating Islam. I don't think they ever got him though.
2006-06-28 13:23:52 · answer #1 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issues it spoke so freely about are very controversial in Muslim society, and after its release, a price was placed on his head by some conservative Muslims. They never did get him, even though it's been over 30 years.
2006-06-28 21:18:25 · answer #2 · answered by bandersnatch27 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the title...It immediately got the attention of religious activists trying to sensor anything but biblical references...It grabbed public attention for much the same reason...It's all in the title...
2006-06-28 20:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was considered an insult to Islam so the Iranian Islamic clergy called for his death
2006-06-28 20:25:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It made the news because extremists put a death treat on him (fatwa) and he had to hide in fear for his life. I have not read the book, but a lit. professor I know who read it told me it was mediocre.
2006-06-28 20:25:32 · answer #5 · answered by Dulcinea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mainly the title and the Islamic and Christian religious undercurrents.
2006-06-28 20:46:10 · answer #6 · answered by KitKat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the scope of its impact, and the resulting "shockwaves" it produced in the Muslim world.
2006-06-29 00:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by Shalom Yerushalayim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋