Has anybody read the Stanic Verses.?

Question

And can tell me what's so bad about it. I know that the original Satanic Verses were actually part of the Koran so why the death sentence?

I'm mean the book by salman rushdie btw

Answer 1

I've read a summary of it as, like one of the other answerer's, I find Mr. Rushdie's work difficult to follow. The Satanic Verses refer to a story about Mohammad when he was in Mecca, trying to get the people there to accept his word that he was a prophet and that the Koran he had with him was the true word of Allah. At that time, the people worshiped elemental gods of weather, fertility, war etc, and weren't really wrapped with the idea of abandoning their traditional gods in favor of one god. The story goes that Mohammad put some verses in the Koran that allowed for the existence of the older gods so that the transition to Islam would be easier for people. After people began converting to Islam, the references to older gods were removed from the Koran. This is story, though plausible is strongly contested. Mohammad claims he was tempted by the devil to put the verses in the Koran, hence The Satanic Verses.

Answer 2

if you mean the novel by Salman Rushdie that got the Fatwah on him; I tried reading it back when it was a big deal.

I wanted to compare it to the Last Temptation of Christ, the controversial film at the time, to see which was more legitimately artistic and which more actually blasphemous. (I found it ironic that so many in the right wing defending Rushdie's right to free speech were the same ones condemning LToC)

I found the book rather unreadable, I must say.

Answer 3

i read it, mainly i admit because i wanted to know what all the fuss was about.

incidentally, it's an ok book. it's basically fantasy except that it's set on earth. i gather that the satanic verses thing has been used to attack islam before - i get the strong impression that those paranoid fanatics probably didn't actually read the book, and were just reacting to the similarity of the book to historical events.

so we have this fictional fantasy book. in the book, one of the characters dreams that he is the angel gabriel appearing to muhammad. the character is a bollywood star (nominally hindu, but not very devout i think, and he has played gods and angels on stage before), so he plays up his role and improvises, resulting in the 'satanic verses'. it's all very blasphemous i suppose, if one forgets that we're talking about the dream of a character in a fantasy novel.

Answer 4

i haven't read the satanic verses by Rushdie, but i have other works by him and i have to say that he is a very monotonous writer and quite frankly bores the beep out of me.
The satanic verses were not part of the Qu'ran - The Satanic verses was the name given to the distorted copy of the Qu'ran by followers of Islam when attempts were made to subvert the religion by outsiders.

Answer 5

Personally, I haven't read the Satanic verses. It's not a faith I care to learn about, since he is non-existent.

I'm not surprised that the original can be found in the Koran.

Answer 6

I've read it and was unimpressed. As near as I can figure, the only "offensive" thing about it is, it doesn't paint islam in a glowing light.

Remember, you're dealing with a bunch of idiots who think they're justified in killing people if someone draws a cartoon they don't like.

Answer 7

ive not read it but i believe that the story actually had little to do with islam, other than characters names in the book are named after the prophet and people he knew.

Answer 8

I disagree with Stan and think anything Stanic is wrong!



Blessed Be!

Answer 9

Yeah,I read 'em. Boring.

Answer 10

nope maybe one day i will