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Christopher Hitchens, Author and Television Personality, Dies at 62broke with the left in 1989, when Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie , claiming his novel "The Satanic Verses " defamed Islam. In what would be a recurring theme in his work, Hitchens argued that liberals
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death threat. But Salman Rushdie has discovered that even his s real name police. Rushdie became embroiled in a battle Facebook claimed that Rushdie , who refers to himself novelist, whose books include Midnight ’ s Children and The Satanic Verses , took to Twitter to vent
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'New media' fatwas rankle Islamic establishment
leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued one in 1989 condemning British writer Salman Rushdie to death, accusing him of blasphemy in his book The Satanic Verses . More recently, fatwas have dealt with the question of whether suicide bombing is
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Al Qaeda No. 2 Makes More Threats Against the U.K.
the Internet today. Video Watch Zawahri's Message Al Zawahri criticizes Britain for awarding author of " Satanic Verses " Salman Rushdie the title of knighthood and considers it a "clear message" to Muslims. "I tell Elizabeth and Blair
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Al Qaeda No. 2 Makes More Threats Against the U.K.
the Internet today. Video Watch Zawahri's Message Al Zawahri criticizes Britain for awarding author of " Satanic Verses " Salman Rushdie the title of knighthood and considers it a "clear message" to Muslims. "I tell Elizabeth and Blair
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Salman Rushdie on Faith and the Future
world-renowned author Salman Rushdie is no stranger to controversy His 1988 novel, "The Satanic Verses ," sparked an international Ayatollah Khomeini called for Rushdie 's assassination because and romance. Salman Rushdie : Happy love stories
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Bomb-Shaped Turban Cartoons Upset Muslims
considered blasphemous in Islam. The conflict has echoes of the 1989 Iranian death sentence on Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses ." While Muslims hold their religious beliefs as sacred, in the West, the right to free speech is
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Afghan Women Await the Promised Good Times
offending magazine bore a front-page headline calling Samar "Afghanistan's Salman Rushdie ," a reference to the author whose novel The Satanic Verses was declared "anti-Islamic" by Iranian clerics who called for his death. In its report
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Most Americans Know Little About Islam
What's different from past events is how major Muslim leaders are condemning it. The fatwa against Salman Rushdie [after his novel Satanic Verses was condemned as blasphemous] brought more mixed reactions. They created a gray area. Now the Muslim
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Hard-liners Renew Death Sentence on Rushdie
death sentence on Salman Rushdie ahead of the 12th anniversary against Islam in his novel The Satanic Verses . "The fatwah against the apostate Rushdie is irrevocable. We ask 2.8 million bounty on Rushdie 's head. The Guards
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Salman Rushdie's "Joseph Anton": Death Warrant, Secret Police, 9 Years in HidingI recently spoke to the author Salman Rushdie . Whose novel the satanic verses . a fatwa a religious edict by the Ayatollah Khomeini the leader of Iran. Who accuse him of blasphemy. Just insulting Islam and
I recently spoke to the author Salman Rushdie . Whose novel the satanic verses . -- -- a fatwa a religious edict by the Ayatollah Khomeini the leader of Iran. Who accuse him of blasphemy. Just -- -
Dec. 11, 1990: Salman Rushdie and the FatwaWe have read about Salman Rushdie 's trials for almost two years we know about the death sentence imposed by the late Ayatollah Khomeini. What we don't know
We have read about Salman Rushdie's trials for almost two years we know about the death sentence imposed by the late Ayatollah Khomeini. What we don't know is -
Salman Rushdie Stirs Up ControversyYou may remember the world acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie wrote his book the satanic verses the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran issued a death threat against him. It has since been reversed but there was international outrage
You may remember -- the world acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie wrote his book the satanic verses the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran issued a death threat against him. It has since been reversed but there was international outrage and
