Sir Salman is considered a controversial figure in India where his 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned.
The two friends would pray nearby to counter what they considered satanic influences.
Its release in the US in 1973 provoked outrage from American religious figures who protested at the "satanic" imagery.
The UK-based author is considered a controversial figure in India - where his 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned.
" Salman Rushdie is a novelist whose works include "Midnight's Children, " which won the Booker Prize, and "The Satanic Verses.
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Meanwhile images of witches' sabbaths and satanic rituals abound, perhaps a nod to Turin, said to be the black-magic capital of Italy.
The author's 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned in India.
Jude and La Virgen de Guadalupe as a favorite for miracle requests, even as the Catholic Church in Mexico denounces Santa Muerte as satanic, experts say.
Mary Woolnoth needs no Satanic back story to bedazzle anyone.
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Previous research commissioned by the government into organised satanic abuse followed in the wake of a number of local authority scandals, where claims were found to be without foundation.
Among the retrospective's titles are: "Satanic Rhapsody, " 1917: Borelli stars as an aging aristocrat who makes a deal with the devil: In exchange for eternal youth, she promises to never fall in love again.
Dr Coleman, whose agency deals with professionals - such as therapists, lawyers and the police - who come into contact with survivors of abuse, believes that satanic abuse is more prevalent than people think.
Next week - in a case that has captured the public imagination - a court outside Milan is due to consider murder charges against a group of young people accused of killing two teenagers as part of a Satanic rite.
By the time of "Their Satanic Majesties Request, " what his Satanic Majesty would be requesting was a 38-inch waistband, and everyone would have mocked the Stones for having a faintly ludicrous wobble-butt on guitar who was ruining the concept of rock 'n' roll.
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Writers and painters seem to pick up the gauntlet only when pushed to the wall or when under a spotlight (why did a petition by India's writers to the government to lift the ban on The Satanic Verses come 23 years after the book was banned?).
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