Zoya Khan asked this question about The Satanic Verses:
why the satanic verses was banned ??
George Hong because individual muslims have not gone through a crisis of faith. by the 1800s men like Albert Schweizter questioned the foundations of christianity…morebecause individual muslims have not gone through a crisis of faith. by the 1800s men like Albert Schweizter questioned the foundations of christianity. nobody issued a proclamation to have him killed for insulting Jesus. islam is a funny religion because the quran has muhammad's fingerprints all over it. verses that are there to benefit him and seem to be a response to the disbelievers in mecca spoken in the name of the almighty. so criticizing muhammad and god is punishable by death. a convenient way to stop open discussion of fundamental issues.(less)
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