Resurrecting the Prophet
The Case of Salman, the Otherwise
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2428030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Feroza Jussawalla (0000-0002-4507-1836, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-117 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0899-2363 • E-ISSN: 1527-8018 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/08992363-2-1-106 |
| OpenAlex | W2105754547 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
'The closer you are to a conjurer, " Salman bitterly replied, "the easier to spot the trick. " (363) So there I was, actually writing the Book, or re-writing anyway, polluting the word of God with my own profane language. (367) When the Aga Sahib (Hyder Hussein) in his Islamic Religion classes called out attendance in that erstwhile institution, the Nizam College, he al-ways found a proverbial phrase to modify each name. Hence, each day, calling upon Muslim lore, and wanting to know whether Suleiman or Salman were present or absent, he would call out, "Suleiman [Solomon], are you wise? Salman, are you otherwise [as in unwise]? " "The Aga, " his French granddaughter would quip years later, "has a pun on a bit of historic trivia for every occasion. " In the above case, of course he was referring to Solomon, who by all three religions of the book- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam- was considered 'wise'. Salman, the drunken 'Farsi', was 'otherwise', infamous as he was for the 'satanic verses'. Simon Rushton
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2008 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |