Jurisprudential principles of Imam Khomeini's ruling against Salman Rushdie

Author: Seyed Mohammad Mousavi Year: 2008 University: Imam Khomeini Higher Educational center at al-Mustafa International University

Imam reacted on-time to blasphemous contents of Rushdie book

In February 1989, Imam Khomeini issued a fatwa – a death sentence – on apostate Rushdie.

We announce our absolute agreement with Imam Khomeini against Salman Rushdie's blasphemous Book

Imam exposed ant-Muslim plots by Rushdie and imperialistic western powers

It is now more than a quarter century since the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (may God bless his soul) issued the historic death sentence against apostate Salman Rushdie, days after the satanic novel he wrote to insult Islamic sanctities, led to the loss of Muslim lives in various parts of the Muslim world.