Salman Rushdie, author of the novel "the Satanic Verses", is born in Mumbai, India.

萨尔曼·拉什迪一书的作者，这本小说撒旦诗篇，是出生在印度的孟买。

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Gibson Square, another publisher, took up the novel and saw its offices firebombed in September 2008, 20 years to the day after the publication of “The Satanic Verses”.

另一家出版商，吉布森广场(Gibson Square)发行了《麦地那珍宝》一书，然后在2008年9月，也就是《撒旦诗篇》出版20年之际，该出版社的办公室被燃烧弹攻击。

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Twenty years ago, Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomenei issued a fatwa, or religious edict, calling on the faithful to kill author Salman Rushdie, a British citizen, over his book The Satanic Verses.

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Sir Salman is considered a controversial figure in India where his 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned.

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The UK-based author is considered a controversial figure in India - where his 1988 book The Satanic Verses remains banned.

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" Salman Rushdie is a novelist whose works include "Midnight's Children, " which won the Booker Prize, and "The Satanic Verses.

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