MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — With a mix of humor and graphic detail, Salman Rushdie calmly told a jury ... leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death because of the ...

Remember that episode of “Seinfeld” in which Kramer thinks Salman Rushdie is a member of his health club ... Rushdie lived in hiding for years after Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa on him for his ...

Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short ... whether after being forced into hiding in 1989 because of the fatwa calling for his death over the alleged blasphemy of the novel "The ...

 Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989 due to his novel The Satanic Verses, which many Muslims found blasphemous. "The fact is that I think any human ...

"Salman Rushdie’s new fiction moves between the ... Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his execution in punishment for his novel "The Satanic Verses". In his memoir recalling the ...

As most readers know, Salman Rushdie has spent more than three decades living under the shadow of a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini on account of his novel, The Satanic Verses. For the first ...

Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short ... whether after being forced into hiding in 1989 because of the fatwa calling for his death over the alleged blasphemy of the novel ...