Ruhollah Khomeini

Standard Name: Khomeini, Ruhollah
Used Form: Ayatollah Khomeini

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January 1979: The Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi,...

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January 1979

The Shah of Iran, Muhammad Reza Pahlavi , was ousted from his country by Ayatollah Khomeini , who returned from exile to set up an Islamic republic.
Ajami, Fouad. “Islam’s First Challenge to American Interests”. Guardian Weekly, 17–23 Dec. 2004, p. 25.
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By 30 September 1988: Salman Rushdie's postmodernist novel The...

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By 30 September 1988

Salman Rushdie 's postmodernist novel The Satanic Verses, offered, in the form of dreams dreamed by the angel or devil Gibreel or Gabriel, a history and commentary on a land called Jahilia or Jahiliaya.
Irwin, Robert. “Original parables”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 4461, 30 Sept. 1988, p. 1067.
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14 February 1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran declared...

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14 February 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran declared a fatwa or death sentence against Salman Rushdie on account of the allegedly blasphemous treatment of the prophet Mohammed in his novel The Satanic Verses.
“1990: Iranian leader upholds Rushdie fatwa”. BBC News: On This Day, 26 Dec. 1990.

12 July 1991: Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese translator of...

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12 July 1991

Hitoshi Igarashi , Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie 's controversial novel The Satanic Verses, was found murdered outside his office at Tsukuba University .
Weisman, Steven R. “Japanese Translator of Rushdie Book Found Slain”. The New York Times, 13 July 1991.
Lyall, Sarah. “Rushdie, Free of Threat, Revels in ’Spontaneity’”. The New York Times, 26 Sept. 1998.

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