Correct Option: B

The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie's fourth novel, first published in 1988 and inspired in part by the life of Muhammad. It was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist and won the 1988 Whitbread Award for novel of the year. However, major controversy ensued as conservative Muslims accused it of blasphemy and mocking their faith which resulted in a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in 1989.