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Iranian mullah revives death fatwa against Salman Rushdie over Satanic Verses 25 years after issued
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| 14:01 EST, 16 February 2014
| Mia de Graaf
Posted on 02/17/2014 6:54:51 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Iranian clergy has revived Salman Rushdie’s death fatwa 25 years after it was issued over his “blasphemous” Satanic Verses.
On February 14, 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called on all Muslims to murder the award-winning author and anyone involved in the publication of his work.
This Friday, senior cleric Ahmad Khatami reminded worshipers at the Tehran Friday prayer that the “historical fatwa” is “as fresh as ever”. He added that even if Rushdie repents, it will not affect the sentence. …
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Religion
KEYWORDS: ahmadkhatami; bannedbookweek; censorship; fatwa; iran; islamiclaw; islamicsupremacists; rop; salmanrushdie; satanicverses; sharialaw; waronterror; whywefight
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