oct 19, 1989 - The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa ordering Rushdie's death

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(following the publication of his "Satanic Verses" in 1988)
- inspired by the prophet and thus was seen to be hugely offensive to the Muslim community
- contemporary government has said that they don't support the fatwa but it is still formally in place

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