Iran adamant over Rushdie fatwa

[CFLarsen]

Iran adamant over Rushdie fatwa

Iran's hard-line Revolutionary Guards have declared the death sentence on British author Salman Rushdie is still valid - 16 years after it was issued.

The military organisation, loyal to Iran's supreme leader - said the order was "irrevocable" on the eve of the anniversary of the 1989 fatwa.

The order was issued after publication of Mr Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses", condemned as blasphemous.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4260599.stm)

I'm a little fuzzy here, so could someone spell it out for me?

What, exactly, is it in Rushdie's book that is so "blasphemous"?

I want citations, I want sound arguments, I want evidence.

That's just me.

[Wrath of the Swarm]

The book is a criticism of Islam and the Koran. Since the Koran was given by God, and Islam God's will, criticism of either is obviously blasphemy.

[CFLarsen]

Originally posted by Wrath of the Swarm
The book is a criticism of Islam and the Koran. Since the Koran was given by God, and Islam God's will, criticism of either is obviously blasphemy.

Do you have citations?

Why is it a criticism of Islam and the Koran?

[hgc]

Originally posted by CFLarsen
Do you have citations?

Why is it a criticism of Islam and the Koran? It said something unsavory about The Prophet. I don't remember the specifics. Google it up.

[Dr Adequate]

The book portrays a madman in a dream having visions of (I think) a sexual nature about the wives of the Prophet.

But cryptamnesia undoes us all. Anyone got any advance on that?

NB: Your headline says "Iran". The text talks about "hard-line Revolutionary Guards".

I thought I knew you better.

[Earthborn]

Here (http://www.flightpath.com/nublog/archives/000052.html) is a good explanation, in chapter II, The Blasphemies, Part A. The Satanic Verses.