A fatwa or death sentence was issued against author Salman Rushdie by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on ...

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Hadi Matar, a New Jersey man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie, is now on trial. The case spans the history of modern terrorism.

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Echoing Salami’s sentiments, Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, praised the IRGC’s role in safeguarding Iran’s sovereignty. He lauded Operation True Promise II as “a ...

Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon extended its warmest congratulations to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and the Iranian nation on the 46th ...

The story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie. The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie. Ayatollah Khomeini's ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Tens of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the first such ...

They are unlikely, however, to hear about a fatwa issued by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for Rushdie’s death, according to District Attorney Jason Schmidt.

IRNA reported that Hamas leaders congratulated Khamenei on the upcoming anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which brought his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to power.

Rushdie spent years in hiding after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 over the Rushdie novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider ...