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‘Fatwa’ on Rushdie stays--Iran

Source: Inquirer.net

Tehrān : Iran | 9 months ago

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Iran said on Wednesday that a fatwa ordering the death of British writer Salman Rushdie was still valid 20 years after it was issued by the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. "It is natural that as long as a fatwa has not been annulled, it is...

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