Hitoshi Igarashi, who was the first Japanese scholar to translate Salman Rushdie ’s book The Satanic Verses, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in 1991. Since then several translators ...

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Rushdie's book, "The Satanic Verses," has sparked controversy since its publish in 1988 for its depiction of the prophet Muhammad. In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the deaths ...

Since "The Satanic Verses" was published in 1988, many Muslims found the dream sequence based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad as blasphemous. Rushdie's book is banned in several countries ...

Salman Rushdie has been living under a death sentence since 1989, about six months after the publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which fictionalized parts of the life of the Prophet ...

The Satanic Verses wasn’t Rushdie’s first book, or even his second. Published in 1988, it was his fourth novel, and by then Rushdie already had found profound success.

While millions know Salman Rushdie’s name – many have never read his most controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”, including the two men who were, allegedly, willing to kill him over it ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - India's three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie's controversial 'The Satanic Verses' book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was ...