The Economist (US), February 20th, 1993
Iran refuses to rescind its call for the death of author Salman Rushdie, who supposedly committed a blasphemy against Islam in his book, 'The Satanic Verses.' The international community should do more to punish Iran for this outrageous call for murder.
All countries that value freedom of expression should be joining the effort to stop Iran from encouraging murder
IRAN has just celebrated the fourth anniversary of its fatwa on Salman Rushdie, the British author of "The Satanic Verses", with an uncompromising call from its top cleric that the sentence of death should be carried out. So much f...
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