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The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporaryevents and people to create his characters. The title refers to the so-called "satanic verses", a group of alleged Quranic verses that allow intercessory prayers to be made to three Pagan Meccan goddesses: Allāt, Uzza, and Manāt. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses"was based on accounts from the 1st millennium (AD or AH) historians al-Waqidiand al-Tabari. In the United Kingdom, the book received positive reviews. It was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist (losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda) and
won the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year. The Satanic Verses sparked a major controversy when conservative Muslims accused itof blasphemy and mocking their faith. The outrage amongsome Muslims resulted in a fatwā calling for Rushdie's death issued by Ayatollah
 Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, on 14 February 1989.