Return to Jahilia, The Angel
Azraeel, The Parting of the Arabian Sea, and A Wonderful lamp.
I will review the chapter “Mahound” because this section is crucial for setting the geo-political, commercial and society structure in Mecca and the neighboring towns.
This description would help comprehend the climate within which Islam was born and grew.
Mahound is one of several names given to the Devil.
It is very unfortunate that Rushdie decided to represent the
Prophet Muhammad by this name just to state that one of the verses was inspired by the Devil, and thus forbade over one billion Muslims from reading this essentially wonderful and most informative book.