* 1989 – Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill the author of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie.

* 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US $ 3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 pronounced a death sentence on Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses.

According to Ibn Ishaq's controversial account of the Satanic Verses ( q. v.

He defended Salman Rushdie after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini condemned Rushdie to death in 1989, but also criticized his Satanic Verses as " insulting " to Islam.

The appearance of The Satanic Verses brought back up the controversy surrounding Mahfouz's novel Children of Gebelawi.

His favorite books are ( in order ) The Golden Argosy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Satanic Verses, McTeague, Lord of the Flies, Bleak House, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Raj Quartet, Light in August, and Blood Meridian.

* July 2 – An integrist mob sets fire to the hotel where The Satanic Verses translator Aziz Nesin resides in Sivas, Turkey, killing 37.

** Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini encourages Muslims to kill The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.

** Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini places a US $ 3-million bounty on the head of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.

* March 7 – Iran breaks off diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom over Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.

The Satanic Verses are a small number of apparently pagan verses that were alleged to have been temporarily included in the Qur ' an by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, only to be later removed.

The first use of the expression ' Satanic Verses ' is attributed to Sir William Muir ( 1858 ).

The Satanic Verses incident is reported in the tafsir and the sira-maghazi literature dating from the first two centuries of Islam, and is reported in the respective tafsīr corpuses transmitted from almost every Qur ' anic commentator of note in the first two centuries of the hijra.

Due to its defective chain of narration, the tradition of the Satanic Verses never made it into any of the canonical hadith compilations ( though see below for possible truncated versions of the incident that did ).

The incident of the Satanic Verses, according to him, conforms to the common theme of persecution followed by isolation of the prophet-figure.

This entire matter was a mere footnote to the back-and-forth of religious debate, and was rekindled only when Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses, made headline news.

Rubin further argues that this is inherently illogical without the Satanic Verses in the recitation, given that in the accepted version of verses Q. 53: 19-23, the pagans ' goddesses are attacked.

* The " Satanic Verses " story was never taken seriously by Islamic scholars

Salman Rushdie quotes Fanon in The Satanic Verses.

Several non-Jewish authors share Wiesel's concerns about God's nature, including Salman Rushdie ( The Satanic Verses, Shalimar the Clown ) and Anne Provoost ( In the Shadow of the Ark ):

His most controversial novel The Satanic Verses ( 1989 ), was inspired in part by the life of Muhammad.

* February 24-Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini places a US $ 3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.

* Salman Rushdie – The Satanic Verses

See The Satanic Verses for the best-known story regarding these three goddesses.

Its graphic and interactive violence, as well as its Satanic imagery, also made it the subject of considerable controversy.

Religious controversy surrounding the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone along with the rest of the Harry Potter series have stemmed mainly from assertions that the novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts.

Religious controversy surrounding Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the other books in the Harry Potter series mainly deal with the claims that novel contains occult or Satanic subtexts.

Though some heavy metal in Israel is seen as Satanic, Orphaned Land, Salem and Melechesh have overcome controversy and become well known in the extreme metal underground.

The Satanic Verses sparked a major controversy when conservative Muslims accused it of blasphemy and mocking their faith.

After the Satanic Verses controversy developed, some scholars familiar with the book and the whole of Rushdie's work, like M. D. Fletcher, saw the reaction as ironic.

Besides the changes in musical direction, Blackacidevils original release caused more controversy: Danzig's violent music and use of Satanic imagery conflicted with the corporate image projected by Disney, the parent company of Danzig's new record label, Hollywood Records.

Antichrist < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s album release was allegedly met with controversy from Christian groups, mostly notably in the United States, where a printing plant was alleged to have refused to print the album's inlay booklet because of its " Satanic materials ", according to an Earache Records representative.

Black metal was originally used as a term for extreme metal bands with Satanic and anti-Christian lyrics ; today, the most common lyrical theme is opposition to Christianity and other organized religions.

Initially, it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult ; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life.

Controversies surrounding Robertson include his earlier work as a faith healer, his claim that some Protestant denominations harbor the spirit of the Antichrist, and his claims of having the power to deflect hurricanes through prayer ; he has also denounced Hinduism as " demonic " and Islam as " Satanic.

He worked with numerous artists including the Rolling Stones on Their Satanic Majesties Request ( Jones ' string arrangement is heard on " She's a Rainbow "); Herman's Hermits ; Donovan ( on " Sunshine Superman " and " Mellow Yellow "); Jeff Beck ; Françoise Hardy ; Cat Stevens ; Rod Stewart ; Shirley Bassey ; Lulu ; and numerous others.

The underpinnings for the contemporary moral panic were found in a rise of five factors in the years leading up to the 1980s: The establishment of Fundamentalist Christianity and political organization of the Moral Majority ; the rise of the Anti-cult movement which spread ideas of abusive cults kidnapping and brainwashing children and teens ; the appearance of the Church of Satan and other explicitly Satanist groups that added a kernel of truth to the existence of Satanic cults ; the appearance of the child abuse industry and a group of professionals dedicated to the protection of children ; and the popularization of posttraumatic stress disorder, repressed memory and corresponding survivor movement.

More credible estimates are about 10, 000 adult members of religious Satanic churches, temples and grottos as well as 10, 000 solitary practitioners of Satanism ; Rivera's claims of ritualistic abuse, conspiracy and criminal activity remain unsubstantiated.

It is obvious that no one can collect any money off classical standards of beauty and form most of the time, so they are discouraged in a consumer society ; but an eye for beauty, for balance, is an essential Satanic tool and must be applied for greatest magical effectiveness.

Her work includes articles for magazines and newspapers around the world ( e. g., Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Independent ( UK ), The Irish Times, The Toronto Globe and Mail, The LA Times, La Jornada ( Mexico ), The Review of the International Red Cross, Columbia University ’ s Journal of Politics and Society ) and chapters to numerous books ( e. g., This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women, edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman book is the result of the “ This I Believe ” series on National Public Radio ; The Satanic Bible By Caesar 999 ; A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer, edited by Eve Ensler ; Lessons from our Fathers, by Keith McDermott ; Girls Like Us: 40 Extraordinary Women Celebrate Girlhood in Story, Poetry and Song, by Gina Misiroglu ; The Way We Will be 50 Years from Today: 60 of the World ’ s Greatest Minds Share Their Visions of the Next Half-Century, edited by Mike Wallace ).

Though The Satanic Bible is not considered to be sacred scripture in the way the Christian Bible is to Christianity, LaVeyan Satanists regard it as an authoritative text ; it has been referred to as " quasi-scripture.

However, opposition to The Satanic Bible has rarely led to its removal ; these bans are rare.

This last phrase is said to be the source of the alleged Satanic Verses ; the Arabic term is translated as " most exalted females " by Faris in the text, but he annotates this much-argued term in a footnote as " lit.

Lawrence in a brief opening segment of Dracula AD 1972 ( 1972 ), and Lorrimar in Dracula AD 1972, The Satanic Rites of Dracula ( 1974 ) and Lawrence, again, in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ( 1974 ); Robin Stewart played Leyland in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires ; and Jessica was played first by Stephanie Beacham in Dracula AD 1972, then by Joanna Lumley in The Satanic Rites of Dracula.