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Jörg
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While the first part covered the background of Gibreel and Saladin, the second part comes to the point and looks into Mohammed (Mahound) as a historical figure. He's described as a human with weaknesses, first receiving the Satanic Verses about three pre-islamic godesses of Mecca from the archangel Gibreel, soon replacing them with a monotheistic prerogative. Rushdie refers to alleged apocryphal Koran suras.
— Jul 15, 2026 04:33AM
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Jörg
is on page 172 of 550
After falling from the sky, Saladin physically turned into satan with sulfurous breath, horns and hoofs, got detained by immigration police, beaten up and ended in a ward with other mutants. Contrarily, Gibreel got a golden glow and charms everyone, lost his previously sulfurous breath and relives the 30s in Argentina with the widow who took him in. Not only in narration but in visions coming true through his navel.
— 9 hours, 39 min ago
Jörg
is on page 58 of 550
More readable than I thought. I abandoned this shortly after release after a few pages. Still, will be a tough read and I need to be concentrated due to Rushdie's colourful Indian-British prose mixed with colloquial Indian words as well as religious and cultural allusions. The Satanic Verses so far have been mentioned in a half-sentence which couldn't aggravate any thinking person.
— Jul 13, 2026 01:07AM