Gibreel Farishta and Saladin Chamcha are prominent characters in which controversial literary work that famously attracted a fatwa? August 17, 2017 By Show answer The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie The novel was published in 1988, and on Feb 14, 1989, Ayatollah of Iran issued a fatwa calling on all Muslims to execute all those involved in the publication of the novel More Literature QuestionsMore World Literature Questions