This came after Prince Charles deemed book was offensive to Muslims. Charles told Rushdie that he would not offer support ‘if someone insults someone else’s deepest convictions’.
This came after a fatwa (Islamic decree) was issued by Imam Khomeini over the publication of the defamed book, which supposedly insulted the honorable Prophet of Mohammed (peace be upon him) and the holy Quran.
The publication of blasphemous book followed a wave of protests in Britain and rioting across the Muslim world which lead to the deaths of 60 people and hundreds being injured.
Great Imam Khomeini took very firm stance against any sacrilegious or blasphemous move which aimed at insulting the holy prophets or divine scriptures. He used to condemn Islamophobia or any type of other prejudice systematically being spread by some extremist groups in the West.
On 14 February 1989, this great religious authority of the Muslim world, issued a fatwa against blasphemous writer Salman Rushdie for the publication of book the ‘Satanic Verses’ which made fun of the religious teachings and insulted the holy prophet of Islam.
The moderate and free-minded people across the world supported the Imam’s stance against Rushdie.
The great Imam Khomeini used to emphasize on the importance of respecting and honoring the leaders and teachings of all divine religions.
The great figure of the contemporary figure always strongly denounced the blasphemous movements aimed at insulting the religious teachings, symbols and sensitivities.
Imam Khomeini also invited the spiritual leaders of Christianity, Judaism and several other religions and invited them to get unite under the flag of monotheism in order to confront the conspiracies of global arrogance.
Moreover, he used to highlight the similarities among religions and called on all the followers and believer of monotheism to unite in a bid to tackle material, social and spiritual pressures and problems confronting the humanity.
Several analysts believe that Imam Khomeini’s instructions and dynamic thought can create unity among followers of all the divine religions and relive the humanity from clutches of anti-spiritual destructive elements and powers.