He defended PERSON@1 after PERSON@2 condemned PERSON@3 to death in NUMBER@1 , but also criticized his Satanic Verses as `` insulting '' to MISC@1 .

He defended PERSON@1 after the MISC@2 spiritual leader PERSON@2 condemned him to death , but later he criticized PERSON@3 's Satanic Verses as `` insulting '' to MISC@1 .
