Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A cikin martani ga zanga-zangar, a ranar 22 ga Janairu 1989 Rushdie ya wallafa wani shafi a cikin The Observer wanda ya kira Muhammad "ɗaya daga cikin manyan baiwa na tarihin duniya", amma ya lura cewa koyarwar Islama ta riƙe Muhammad a matsayin ɗan adam, kuma ba cikakke ba. Ya yi imanin cewa littafin ba "littafin adawa da addini ba ne. Duk da haka, ƙoƙari ne na rubuta game da ƙaura, damuwa da canje-canjensa. "A ranar 14 ga Fabrairu, 1989<unk>Ranar soyayya, da kuma ranar jana'izar babban abokinsa Bruce Chatwin<unk> an ba da fatwā da ke ba da umarnin kashe Rushdie a Radio Tehran ta Ayatollah Khomeini, shugaban ruhaniya na Iran a lokacin, yana kiran littafin "mai saɓo ga addinin Islama". (Babi na IV na littafin ya nuna halin Imam a gudun hijira wanda ya dawo don tayar da hankali daga mutanen kasarsa ba tare da la'akari da lafiyarsu ba.) An ba da kyautar don mutuwar Rushdie, kuma ta haka ne aka tilasta masa ya zauna a karkashin 'yan sanda na shekaru da yawa. A ranar 7 ga Maris, 1989, Burtaniya da Iran sun yanke dangantakar diflomasiyya game da rikicin Rushdie. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi, a BBC Radio 4, don amsa barazanar, Rushdie ya ce, "A gaskiya, da na rubuta wani littafi mai mahimmanci", kuma "Na yi matukar bakin ciki da ya kamata ya faru. Ba gaskiya ba ne cewa wannan littafin sabo ne ga Musulunci. Ina matukar shakkar cewa Khomeini ko wani a Iran ya karanta littafin ko fiye da zaɓaɓɓun abubuwan da aka cire daga mahallin. " Daga baya, ya rubuta cewa ya kasance "mai alfahari, a lokacin kuma koyaushe", na wannan sanarwa; yayin da bai ji littafinsa ya kasance mai sukar addinin Islama ba, "addini wanda shugabanninsa suka yi aiki ta wannan hanyar da alama zai iya amfani da ɗan zargi".Bayan buga littafin da fatwā ya haifar da tashin hankali a duniya, tare da sayar da littattafai da aka yi wa bam. Ƙungiyoyin Musulmai a ƙasashe da yawa a Yammacin duniya sun yi taron jama'a, suna ƙona kwafin littafin. Mutane da yawa da suke da alaƙa da fassara ko buga littafin an kai musu hari, an ji musu rauni sosai, har ma an kashe su. Mutane da yawa sun mutu a tarzoma a wasu ƙasashe. Duk da hadarin da fatwā ya kawo, Rushdie...  Tambaya: Me ya faru da mutanen da suke so su fassara ko kuma buga littafin?
aka kai musu hari, aka ji musu rauni sosai, har ma aka kashe su