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THE RUSHDIE CONTROVERSY

Much has been written about the Rushdie controversy. You can find out more from the vast array of sources on this subject on the Internet. Do a Google word search for the terms such as: ‘Rushdie’s Satanic Verses’ and ‘UK Law against attacking others’ religion’ to read the various articles on this subject.

**The publication of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses raises certain questions which are serious for followers of Islam:

1.      Why did Rushdie need to write a controversial book, even if in the guise of fiction, which would be likely to offend Muslims?

2.     Where is the dividing line between freedom of speech and a deliberate, intellectual attack on someone else’s faith?**

3.     UK laws which forbid religious provocation and discrimination were later passed in the UK Parliament. See:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3873323.stm

http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/rrhb_arguments.htm

Would these laws have been a sufficient deterrent to discourage Rushdie, had they existed earlier?
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Correspondence pertaining to the Rushdie Controversy
Date:
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 19:45:44 +0100
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"DR UMAR AZAM" <dr_umar_azam@yahoo.co.uk>
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Re: Brand-new Islamic Website! [My own]
Your articles on Rushdie doesn't make sense - there was no law passed in the UK??

In addition - you totally missed out on the real issue that sparked off the Rushdie backlash - only learned Islamic people would know - as followers you would not be told.

This goes to the heart of the Islamic belief - in the first four versions of the Koran Sura 53:19 stated that Muhammad worshipped his father's Abdullah's three Goddesses or Cranes (Allat, Manat and al-Uzza) - but in later times it was seen as Muhammad was tempted by Satan - hence the name for the verse [Sura 53:19] the Satanic Verse - the moderated verse that appears in the Koran of today - doesn't give belie the real significance of the Goddesses - they were Allah's Daughters - the Trinity or Desert Goddesses of the Kaaba - Kaaba was the name of the pre-Islamic religion of Arabia - where Muhammad's family the Quraysh were keepers of the Kaaba stone/ cube for 700 years before Islam - to appease the Quraysh Muhammad bowed down and prayed to the Goddesses - speaking glowingly of them in Sura 53:19-20. For this reason it was deemed a Satanic Verse and was abrogated or altered - to reflect the one God religion that is Islam today. There is No God But Allah came directly out of Mohammad erasing his fathers Gods - (and all the other 360+ Kaaba Gods) - to create a One God religion out of the the chief or supreme God of the Kaaba Allah.

The ultimate question - is that since the Islamic religion clearly originated in Arabia - and was a product of the Kaaba religion - how then did the Biblical text become included into the Arabia Kaaba religion? Someone wanted to create a modern religion - that Christians and Jews would accept easily - if the religion had the Kaaba as its basis - likely it would have been rejected at a time when the Judaism and Christianity were dwarfing the Kaaba belief - but by adopting these dominant religious beliefs the new religion of Islam could pass itself off seamlessly as the third of these -

By exploring Islam roots it is clear to see that the Biblical connection was an invention - Muhammad simply remade his father's Kaaba religion - the religion of the Quraysh - made a One God out of its chief God Allah - and went to war with anyone who rejected his new take on his old religion.

I will post this on my site -

Date:
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 22:25:58 +0100 (BST)
From:
"DR UMAR AZAM" <dr_umar_azam@yahoo.co.uk>   View Contact Details
Subject:
Re: Brand-new Islamic Website! [My own]
To:
". Cole"

Dear Cole,

               Thank you for your feedback. There is obviously a difference in belief between a believer and a disbeliever. Since the Holy Quran is the Word of Allah, as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad [Pbuh], it is hard to believe that God could have made a mistake! The only mistake possible could be by men who fabricate evidence, and there is evidence throughtout history of such fabrication [don't forget that the Bible is 'revised' annually, and the Protestant deviation from Roman Catholicism is an example of blatant innovation]! I think you are not aware that the first religion of Man [i.e. Adam –A.S.] was Islam!   Islam has not 'borrowed' anything from Judaism and Christianity which were the Genuine Truth in their times and became distorted later. For an explanation, see my work The Philosophy of Islam on www.dr-umar-azam.com

I wrote a hard-hitting Essay against Rushdie in 1990 but have held the work in reserve. If you wish to read it, let me know.

Thanks for saying you will post the blurb for www.freewebs.com/drumarazam on your Site.

Dr Umar