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While the first part covered the background of Gibreel and Saladin, the second part comes to the point and looks into Mohammed (Mahound) as a historical figure. He's described as a human with weaknesses, first receiving the Satanic Verses about three pre-islamic godesses of Mecca from the archangel Gibreel, soon replacing them with a monotheistic prerogative. Rushdie refers to alleged apocryphal Koran suras.
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Jörg
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More readable than I thought. I abandoned this shortly after release after a few pages. Still, will be a tough read and I need to be concentrated due to Rushdie's colourful Indian-British prose mixed with colloquial Indian words as well as religious and cultural allusions. The Satanic Verses so far have been mentioned in a half-sentence which couldn't aggravate any thinking person.
— Jul 13, 2026 01:07AM