Waxa uu sheegay in sheekada ma aha "a anti-diinta novel. Waa, si kastaba ha ahaatee, isku day in ay wax ka qoraan socdaalka, stresses iyo isbedelada. " On February 14, 1989 <unk> Maalinta Jacaylka, iyo sidoo kale maalintii uu saaxiibkiisa Bruce Chatwin ee aaska <unk>a fatwa <unk> amarka fulinta Rushdie ayaa lagu dhawaaqay on Radio Tehran by Ayatollah Khomeini, hoggaamiyaha ruuxiga ah ee Iran ee wakhtigaas, ku baaqaya buugga "ku cayda Islaamka". (Cutubka IV ee buugga tilmaamaya qof ku jira masaafurinta, kuwaas oo Muhammad qabtay aadanaha, oo sinaba kaamil ah, laakiin xusay in caqiidooyinka Islaamka qabta Muhammad in ay noqon aadanaha, oo sinaba kaamil ah. Waxa uu sheegay in buuggu uu ahaa mid aad u adag oo ku saabsan diinta Islaamka, in ay dhacday dhowr sano ka dib markii uu daabacay buugga Rushdie ee BBC-da, ayuu yiri: "Markii ay dhacday in ay dhacday in aan ka badan oo shaki ku saabsan diinta ama
la weeraray, si xun loo dhaawacay, xitaa la dilay