Death sentence to Salman Rushdie, author of the blasphemous book, The Satanic Verses

Death sentence to Salman Rushdie, author of the blasphemous book, The Satanic Verses

February 14th coincides with the anniversary of the historic verdict of Imam Khomeini on Salman Rushdie, the author of the "The Satanic Verses"

Book of Year

The ''Encyclopedia of Islamic Sects'' was chosen as the ''Book of Year''

In this work, 2340 sects has been studied and introduced and in the first comparing with other publications in this field we will find out about the quantity of sects and schools of thoughts and also the hard work of the authors for completing this encyclopedia.

Dmitry Zhukov:

The Islamic revolution challenged the current international system

Imam Khomeini made a revolution victorious which rearranged the world’s political equations and challenged the bipolar system in the international structures.

cancelled Salman Rushdie’s visit to India

Fear of Imam Khomeini’s Fatwa

Salman Rushdie who was condemned to death by the fatwa of Imam Khomeini because of his book “The Satanic Verses”, withdrew from traveling to India and attending at the Literature festival of this country, fearing Imam’s fatwa.

Imam’s political characteristics

The Imam reacted to insults in a way which pleases God

The author of the book, Nehzat-e-Imam Khomeini, talked about the Imam’s reactions and political movements in the presence of a number of clergymen at the Islamic sciences centre or Jami’e Oloom Islami centre. Two of the Imam’s most prominent characteristics were his swift and well-thought out reactions and his prudence.

Immigration to Qom

Residence in Tehran

Imam Khomeini's issuance of the historic verdict on the apostasy of Salman Rushdie, author of the ...