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2007-03-14 08:51:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Salman Rushdie (Devanagari:सलमान रश्दी) (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, on June 19, 1947, in Mumbai, India) is a British-Indian essayist and fiction author. He first achieved fame with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the prestigious Booker Prize. Rushdie is currently a professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States. Most of his fiction is set in the subcontinent of India.
Rushdie is best known for the violent reactions that his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), provoked amongst the Muslim world community. After death threats and a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, calling for his assassination, he spent years underground, appearing in public only sporadically.
2007-03-14 08:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you joking? If you're referring to Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" let it be known that Khomeini didn't issue his fatwa until MONTHS (5 if I remember correctly) after the book was already hot on the lists. It was a POLITICAL decision using Islam as a battering ram...
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2007-03-14 15:58:18 · answer #2 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wrote a book called The Satanic Verses, which some Muslims considered blasphemous. A fatwa was issued against him.
He was raised as a Muslim, but I don't know what his religion is (ie whether he remains a moderate Muslim or is an atheist).
2007-03-14 15:56:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ex-muslim who is an outspoken critic of the muslim society. He's written several books, including 'Satanic Verses'. And it's Salman.
2007-03-14 15:56:40 · answer #4 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was willing to soundly condemn the Muslim religion. there was a price on his head and he went into hiding. I didn't read the book. I don't know what his personal beliefs are.
2007-03-14 15:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He was some guy who made lots of money bashing Islam, but people have hated Islam since it's inception so what's new?
May Allah give him what he deserves.
2007-03-14 15:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by aliasasim 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋