mr. rushdie said he would not be publishing a paperback version of `` the satanic verses '' -- the novel that caused offense in the first place -- and said -lrb- in his own words -rrb- that `` i declare that i do not agree with any statement in my novel ` the satanic verses ' uttered by any of the characters who insult the prophet mohammed or who cast aspersions on islam or upon the authenticity of the holy koran or who reject the divinity of allah . ''