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Friday, February 13, 2009

Two Decades On, Rushdie Death Sentence Fatwa Still Valid

Twenty years after Iran ordered the death of British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers for blaspheming Islam, Tehran has confirmed that the verdict still stands. Read

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