In Good FaithDiscusses his book Satanic verses, and his life after its publication. |
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... persecute a dreamer by making vivid the doubts he loathes but can no longer escape . The most extreme passage of doubting in the novel is when the character ' Salman the Persian ' - named not to ' insult and abuse ' Muhammad's companion ...
... persecute a dreamer by making vivid the doubts he loathes but can no longer escape . The most extreme passage of doubting in the novel is when the character ' Salman the Persian ' - named not to ' insult and abuse ' Muhammad's companion ...
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... persecuted by Soviet totalitarianism . It is extraordinary to find my novel's life echoing that of one of its greatest models . Nor are these the only non - Muslim influences at work . I was born an Indian , and not only an Indian , but ...
... persecuted by Soviet totalitarianism . It is extraordinary to find my novel's life echoing that of one of its greatest models . Nor are these the only non - Muslim influences at work . I was born an Indian , and not only an Indian , but ...
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... persecuted by Islamic fundamentalism in the modern period ; among the greatest names so victimized are the Iranian writer Ahmad Kasravi , stabbed to death by fanatics , and the Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz , often threatened ...
... persecuted by Islamic fundamentalism in the modern period ; among the greatest names so victimized are the Iranian writer Ahmad Kasravi , stabbed to death by fanatics , and the Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz , often threatened ...
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admitting three pagan Arabian Sea archangels broken an Islamic broken faith back brothel called Jahilia Chamcha disputes about rules divines may insist doubt in dreams dream-figures he conjures dream-religion's aim dreams which persecute expressed doubts contribute extreme Muslim threats faith-shaking allegations given unquestioning respect homosexuality infect his daytimes insult and abuse intercessory level Islamic law least worth pointing Mahound Master and Margarita Mecca Sharif moment of doubt Muhammad's companion Salman Muhammad's revelation seemed mullahs Muslim world nocturnal retribution novel novel's dream-version obscene a language pagan and female Party doesn't ask persecute a dreamer place daily throughout portray a soul questions and faith-shaking Qur'an rejecting these goddesses rejection has implications religion's attitude repudiated these verses Rushdie Saladin Salman Rushdie Salman the Persian Satanic Verses sequence happens late soul in crisis tormenting the dreamer validity of religion's vilify or disprove visions of scepticism vivid the doubts waking Gibreel wish female children woman's testimony worth
References to this book
Laying the Ladder Down: The Emergence of Cultural Holism Betty Jean Craige No preview available - 1992 |