Etiket: fatwa
Clear indications that Rushdie’s aggressor was motivated by the Iranian fatwa
Ali Khameini, the ayatollah who succeeded Rujollah Khomeini as supreme leader of Iran, said in 1989 that the fatwa his predecessor had issued sentencing Salman Rushdie to death for considering…
Can the fatwa against Rushdie be lifted? And five other questions
British-Indian author Salman Rushdie was stabbed Friday in New York. The writer is on a ventilator and has serious injuries. The perpetrator is a 24-year-old man, who is believed to…
War bestseller ‘De duivelsverzen’ author Salman Rushdie een fatwa opleverde | Buitenland
‘De duivelsverzen’, a bestseller by the Brits-India author Salman Rushdie, had meteen na publicatie in 1988 voor woede by fundamentalist Muslims wereldwijd. The title of the book verwijst naar een…