Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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...