For the most part, this article summarizes the events of The Satanic Verses and analyzes how Rushdie’s own personal experiences impacted his writing. One of the ideas I found most relevant to my interpretation of the novel was that Almond explains how Rushdie has described his loss of the Muslim faith in great detail. Almond even provides a quote from Rushdie that makes it seem as though Rushdie makes a joke or mockery out of the loss of faith. Rushdie says in regards to his loss of faith that “the consumption of a ham sandwich immediately after [his] epiphanic moment […] seemed to confirm the ‘correctness of [his] new position.'” The fact that Rushdie diminished Islam to simply the inability to consume pork doesn’t sit right with me, and it feels as if he never took the religion seriously or had much respect for it to begin with. This resentment was likely incorporated into his writing, either consciously or subconsciously, into his tone or the mood of the book as a whole. This is what likely sparked the outrage from the Muslim community, due to Rushdie’s not taking the religion seriously or treating it with respect. While religious trauma is a completely read and valid experience, if one experienced extreme religious trauma they should not write a book on the topic- this inevitably will offend people who identify as part of that faith. Additionally, while Almond specifies that Rushdie describes Islam as one of “‘the world’s great religions,'” Rushdie simultaneously criticizes it as a thought-system which turns people into “‘servants'” and “‘children.'” Someone who has such a strong, negative, and deeply personal opinion of a religion should not write a book based on it due to their own personal bias. Or, at least, they should ask the assistance of an editor to ensure that the contents of the novel are sensitive to others and inoffensive.