Posted on 10/24/2022 9:13:26 AM PDT by Conservat1
Now he a Padma can compare scars
“The Satanic Verses,”
I remember when this first came out. Many of the book stores refused to carry it as they were scared of the moslems.
It was never printed in a paperback version for fear of moslems.
They’ve been divorced for 15 years.
Hadi Matar, 24,
Example “A” of someone unfit to live with the rest of us.
I’m pretty sure my copy is soft cover.
Arab Muhammadans never forget, and never forgive.
and never shower
I read the book, it is interesting on many levels, and a fun read. We now have a Prime minister of Indian descent, one of the themes in the book was people of India being sorta second tier in England and the perceived discrimination. He roasts Mohammad.
Apparently the US under Reagan gave half hearted support to Rushdie, sort of wishing he didn’t use free speech the way he did.
carcraft’
I read it recently after having it on my “to do” list for many years. I’m glad I read it. Your description is right on. Had Rushdie written about Jesus of Nazareth in the same vein, it would hardly have been controversial. No one would have been stabbed or shot.
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