In Good FaithDiscusses his book Satanic verses, and his life after its publication. |
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... sort of great problems that have arisen to surround the book , problems of hybridization and ghettoization , of reconciling the old and the new . Those who oppose the novel most vociferously today are of the opinion that intermingling ...
... sort of great problems that have arisen to surround the book , problems of hybridization and ghettoization , of reconciling the old and the new . Those who oppose the novel most vociferously today are of the opinion that intermingling ...
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Salman Rushdie. fair - minded Muslims , of the sort I have known all my life , and who have provided much of the inspiration for my work : to be rejected and reviled by , so to speak , one's own characters is a shocking ... sort I have ...
Salman Rushdie. fair - minded Muslims , of the sort I have known all my life , and who have provided much of the inspiration for my work : to be rejected and reviled by , so to speak , one's own characters is a shocking ... sort I have ...
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... sort of transcendent experience , but we cannot believe in a supernatural world , then what is going on ? To answer this question , among others , I began work on the story of ' Mahound ' . I was aware that the ' satanic verses ...
... sort of transcendent experience , but we cannot believe in a supernatural world , then what is going on ? To answer this question , among others , I began work on the story of ' Mahound ' . I was aware that the ' satanic verses ...
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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 |