Abstract
In 1989, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic revolution in Iran ten years earlier, issued a fatwa – a religious edict – calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. More than three decades later, at a literary event in New York state, a man who was not yet born when the fatwa was decreed is accused of stabbing the author.
| Original language | English |
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| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Aug 2022 |
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Keywords
- Islam
- free speech
- fatwa
- Salman Rushdie
- Ayatollah Khomeini