The Satanic Verses
from the [CENSORED] Verses
This book has a tone to it that attempts to unveil a truth by narrating it obscurely.
Nevertheless the messenger passed the coded message along and the book was banned for altering a sacred narrative with occult….truths.
An irreverent telling of the genesis of Islam revealed by the prophet Mohammed (Mahound) retold through visions of Gibreel, a Bollywood superstar-turned-archangel. Much less straightforward than Rushdie’s other books (obviously aiming to unprovoke ragebait, which it did provoke anyway).
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‘Mahound proclaims that his visions transpired from Shaitan — this is what he has heard in his listening. But Gibreel, hovering-watching from his highest view point knows one small detail, just one tiny thing that’s a bit of a problem here, namely that it was me both times, baba, me first and second also me. Both the statement and the repudiation, verses and converses, universes and reverses, the whole thing.’
"Gibreel when he slides, is referred to by a different name, Shaitan."
Maybe these truths are too difficult to fathom for a black and white religious dogma.
I don’t agree with the stance of banning any book, narrative or lifestyle, simply because its author is seeing beyond the veil. It’s a viewpoint that the world deserves to know too.
