Book · 1989 · Fiction
The Satanic Verses
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Long before I read literary fiction he just said in my Consciousness as the author of this Eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding after the supreme leader of Iran said he and anyone involved in it should be killed for blaspheming Islam.
Ezra Klein · The Ezra Klein Show · Apr 2024 Listen at 0:31 What they say about it
- Impact on free speech wars“free speech wars”2
- Writing the dangerous novel2
- Author forced into hiding“had to go into hiding”2
The best things said about it
He just sat in my consciousness as the author of this eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses, a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding.
Ezra Klein The Book Review · Oct 2024 Then came The Satanic Verses and it changed everything. When you began writing The Satanic Verses what did you understand yourself to be doing, what kind of book were you writing?
Ezra Klein The Book Review · Oct 2024 The reason Salman Rushdie got attacked, you know, very well-known author, is is because of that Iranian fatwa that's been placed on his head after he wrote Satanic Verses, which doesn't reflect so well on the Prophet Muhammad.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Aug 2022 We've lost every round of the free speech wars in recent years from The Satanic Verses affair onwards.
Douglas Murray The Rubin Report · Nov 2015 Where and when it comes up
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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie is a controversial postmodern novel that explores themes of migration, identity, and religious faith, famously resulting in a fatwa calling for the author's death upon its publication. Ehsan Ahmad critiqued the novel on The Joe Rogan Experience, expressing frustration that the fatwa compelled him to read a book he ultimately disliked. Douglas Murray referenced a specific scene from the novel on the Lex Fridman Podcast during a discussion on political hypocrisy. Ezra Klein and Salman Rushdie discussed the writing, reception, and dangerous fallout of the book across multiple episodes of The Ezra Klein Show and The Book Review, with Klein noting how the eerie novel sat in his consciousness long before he read it. Gilbert Cruz also touched upon the reading experience of the novel on The Book Review with Ayad Akhtar, and Joe Rogan mentioned the book on The Joe Rogan Experience while discussing the physical attacks against Rushdie decades after its release.
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Ezra Klein and then came the Satanic Verses and it changed everything when you began writing the Satanic Verses what d… 4
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“he just sat in my Consciousness as the author of this Eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding”
Discussed
“and then came the Satanic Verses and it changed everything when you began writing the Satanic Verses what did you understand yourself to be doing what kind of book were you writing”
Discussed
“long before I read literary fiction he just said in my Consciousness as the author of this Eerie sounding novel called The Satanic Verses a novel so somehow dangerous he had to go into hiding after the supreme leader of Iran said he and anyone involved in it should be killed for blaspheming Islam”
Discussed
“and then came the Satanic Verses and it changed everything when you began writing the Satanic Verses what did you understand yourself to be doing”
Douglas Murray And it's actually a scene that appears in "The Satanic Verses" of Rushdie, where that exact same thing happ… 3
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“And it's actually a scene that appears in "The Satanic Verses" of Rushdie, where that exact same thing happens.”
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“we've lost every round of the free speech wars in recent years from the satanic verses affair onwards.”
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“I mean um you know I I was a bit pessimistic there about you know the possibility of another satanic versus book”
Joe Rogan someone rushed in the 80s with the Satanic Verses and just gets attacked recently yeah last summer stabbed… 2
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“someone rushed in the 80s with the Satanic Verses and just gets attacked recently yeah last summer stabbed in the neck and face”
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“Well how about you know Salman Rushdie is right now remind me Salman Rushdie was an author who wrote a book that wasn't even specifically about Islam was it called again I remember from that Seinfeld episode where George met him he's like there's Salman Rushdie and they're like Kramer did or something so I don't know either remember the”
Megyn Kelly The reason Salman Rushdie got attacked, you know, very well-known author, is is because of that Iranian fat… 2
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“and the latest news on him was um the book was by the way was the Satanic Verses um he's blind in one eye he has three serious wounds in his neck one hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut and had about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso”
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“The reason Salman Rushdie got attacked, you know, very well-known author, is is because of that Iranian fatwa that's been placed on his head after he wrote Satanic Verses, which doesn't reflect so well on the Prophet Muhammad.”
Ehsan Ahmad And also, I'm mad I'm mad at the FAWA because it made me read that terrible book. Was it a bad book? It was… 1
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“And also, I'm mad I'm mad at the FAWA because it made me read that terrible book. Was it a bad book? It wasn't that good. There was I would have not have read it if there wasn't anything around it.”
Gilbert Cruz which is your experience reading the book The Satanic Verses can you talk about of what you when you encoun… 1
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“which is your experience reading the book The Satanic Verses can you talk about of what you when you encountered that book and what your reaction was”
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“british indian novelist who wrote the satanic verses and he's brutally stabbed”
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Passing
“just to remind that following the 1989 publication of his novelist Satanic Verses rushy had to spend years in hiding because of the f issued against him”
Passing
“and now but he also wanted death for Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie right and they wouldn't let him back in United States they took away they took away his entry right I don't even know if he's here now it does concerts in Mexico people go down to Mexico to watch a Cat Stevens concert”