Fatwa Against Salman Rushdie The situation escalated when Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989, calling for Rushdie’s death. This fatwa forced Rushdie into hiding ...

The Satanic Verses by Sir Salman Rushdie has returned to the shelves of Indian bookshops 36 years after sparking a fatwa that forced him into hiding for almost a decade. The book, which is ...

Salman Rushdie's controversial novel has returned ... eventually leading to Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Rushdie and his publishers.

Salman Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satantic Verses’ hadn’t been sold in India, the country of the author’s birth, for 36 years, ...

Salman Rushdie This episode of The Archive Project ... of Oz,” and “Joseph Anton,” a memoir of his life under the fatwa issued after the publication of “The Satanic Verses.” ...

NEW DELHI – Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 ... Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s assassination. This forced the author into hiding for a decade.

Opposing the Muslim organizations calling for reban of Salman Rushdie’s "The Satanic Verses", the Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) on Monday urged the Muslims to remember iconic social ...

Apart from ban, Iran's then supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, calling on Muslims to assassinate him. In August 2022, Salman Rushdie was stabbed on ...

Sales of Salman Rushdie's 1988 The Satanic Verses ... Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death and offering a US$ 3 million bounty, forcing the author to go into ...

Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie and his publishers. The unrest turned violent, with Rushdie’s Japanese translator, Hitoshi Igarashi ...

Salman Rushdie‘s novel The Satantic Verses hadn ... Soon after the novel was published, Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa on Rushdie over its content. Rushdie went into hiding ...

British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic ... eventually leading to Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Rushdie and his ...