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What is a fatwa? The term is explained briefly and simply
Easily explained What is a fatwa? A fatwa refers to a religious legal opinion in Islam (symbolic image) © Christoph Hardt/Geisler-Fotopres/ / Picture Alliance Since the fatwa against writer Salman…
Salman Rushdie’s novel “Victory City”: Survival through stories – culture
Salman Rushdie is the most famous living writer, but that fame has not come from his novels alone. Although he himself was always of the opinion that his work was…
Attack on Salman Rushdie: Helge Malchow thinks of the fatwa time – culture
When the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989, which also affected everyone involved in the distribution of the “Satanic Verses”, book publishers around the world…
For Iran, the assassination attempt on Salam Rushdie comes at a political inconvenience. – Opinion
comment by Sonja Zekri Hadi Matar did not live to see Ayatollah Khomeini. Matar, 24, was born almost ten years after the Iranian revolutionary leader’s death, nearly ten years after…
Salman Rushdie on ventilator with serious injuries
Ghe man who attacked writer Salman Rushdie in public is being investigated for attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault. This was announced by the State Police of the State of…
“Nothing justifies a fatwa”, is indignant “Charlie Hebdo”
Strong emotional words. “Nothing justifies a fatwa, a death sentence”, was indignant Charlie Hebdoa French satirical newspaper decimated by an Islamist attack in 2015, after the attack on the writer…
Salman Rushdie: That’s behind the decades-old fatwa
attack on writers Fatwa against Salman Rushdie: This is behind the decades-old call for murder Writer Salman Rushdie © Joel Saget / AFP 08/13/2022, 15:03 2 min reading time 33…
Rushdie Assassination: Living Under Fatwa Culture
After a knife attack on the open stage, Salman Rushdie is seriously injured. The death fatwa has overshadowed his life for 33 years. Now the Iranian media are welcoming the…
Salman Rushdie: “Such a fatwa is a serious matter”
08/13/2022, 07:52 11 min reading time Met almost exactly two weeks before the assassination of Salman Rushdie star-Correspondent Raphael Geiger the writer in New York. The two-hour conversation also focused…
USA – An attack 33 years after the fatwa – culture
Writer Salman Rushdie, who was sentenced to death by fatwa more than 30 years ago, was attacked and injured in the neck during a performance in upstate New York. A…