Salman Rushdie fatwa confirmed
- Title
- Salman Rushdie fatwa confirmed
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 20 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:28
- Description
- David Spanier reports on an Iranian radio announcement confirming the death sentence (fatwa) against author of The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie, for blasphemy against Islam, confirmed by spiritual leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini. For AM programme.
- Contributors
- David Spanier
- Keywords
- Books; Authors; Iran; Religion; Ayatollah Khomeini; Islam; Salman Rushdie; AM (radio programme); Ruhollah Khomeini; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa
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LBC/IRN, "Salman Rushdie fatwa confirmed". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001400402014 (Accessed 22 Apr 2025)