Is Quran the Satanic Verses?

In The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie uses elements of magical realism, with a series of sub-plots that are narrated as dream visions experienced by one of the leading characters.

Rushdies’ personal experience of identity, alienation, rootlessness and brutality of life as an Indian migrant, with the added bonus point of being a Muslim, in a white mans world created the underlying bitter hatred in the book.

The dilemmas of the cultural collision and identity crisis of the authors’ anguish to transform him, a brown skinned Indian to the illusion of a superior white man. Being a Muslim was an added burden and an unattainable hurdle to complete this dream of acceptance in his presumed elite club of humans. This growing frustration towards Muslims can be clearly seen spilled all over his book.

Like his other stories by Rushdie, involves Indian expatriates in contemporary England. In the main story, the protagonists; Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha is hijacked in a plane flying from India to Britain and the plane explodes but the two are magically saved. Farishta transforms to the personality of the archangel Gabriel and Chamcha to a devil. Then Rushdie mixes his poisonous cocktail of aggression towards Islam, like blemishes exploding from here and there out of the story line.

Question is unlike his other failures, why this book of gibberish is so highly acclaimed and multiple awards given?

Of course without doubt the answer is as simple as that the book smears, tarnishes, excoriates & belittles Islam.

This racist novel portrays Islamophobic view and an “alternative narrative” of the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Renaming prophet "Mahound" and calling Mecca "Jahiliyyah" is for some the pinnacle of literature.

Prophet is depicted as a figure that is unsure about the revelation of the holy Quran and suggestively luring the audience to believe that it might be the words of the devil.

The inner sadistic fantasies of repugnance towards Muslims ooze out with sentences picturing prostitutes as the identities of the prophet's wives. This is amplified further by painting his prejudice version that one of the prophet's companions claims that he doubts the authenticity of the "Messenger”. Rushdie stretches his envy filled imagination further to claim that portions of the Quran were altered by this impostor.

A second sequence of attacks on Muslims in the book, tells the story of Ayesha, an Indian peasant girl who claims to be receiving revelations from the Archangel Gibreel. She cons her village community to a foot pilgrimage to Mecca, professing that they will be able to walk across the Arabian Sea. Like Rushdie’s personal wishes towards Muslims, the journey ends in disaster of everyone drowning, at the same time hinting that they might be miraculously saved.

Clearly the line between literature and the rabid howling of a racist with acute Islamophobia syndrome is eroded by war mongering crusaders manipulating religion through politics.

Salman Rushdie is given 24 hours police protection and pampered like a poodle by the Bristish government.

These assets which divide entire populations, spread immense fear, accumulate doubt among groups and escalate hatred are considered highly prized resources of democracy & human rights.

They are displayed in renowned events like the recent Hay Festival of 2016.

Another figure which glowed in the festival was former president of Maldives Mr. Mohamed Nasheed.

He was renowned for his ability to criticize Islamic Sharia while maintaining a healthy support base of Muslims. However, Mr. Nasheed was more subtle in his barks against Islam. The hidden double meanings gave his supporters enough weight to protect him with shallow excuses like “he was not an Islamic scholar, so he did not know”.

Educated in England, Dauntsey's School where he is considered to be the number one saint of the school must have influenced his life considerably to favor a different way of living.

Mr. Nasheed’s inner feelings poured out in his speech in Denmark, showing his guidance for an “alternative narrative” and ultimately even calling on the Jesuits to crusade against the Muslim country of Maldives.

It is no surprise that both of them has found their worldly “help line” in the formal protection of UK.

Back to my question; is Quran the Satanic Verses?