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# Fatwa

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2022
Salman Rushdie’s attacker ‘surprised’ to learn of the author’s survival
Hadi Matar said Rushdie was ‘someone who attacked Islam’ but did not confirm that his actions were driven by Iran’s fatwa.
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Aug 18th 2022, 9:58 AM
Author Salman Rushdie in surgery after being stabbed onstage at New York event
Rushdie has spent several years under heavily armed guard following death threats from Iran.
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Aug 12th 2022, 10:24 PM
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Four children held by French police on suspicion of helping identify teacher who was beheaded
Samuel Paty was killed on Friday in an attack that has drawn parallels with the 2015 Charlie Hebdo massacre.
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Oct 19th 2020, 5:45 PM
Opinion: Kevin Boyle - the Irishman who took on the Ayatollah
Lawyer Kevin Boyle found himself placed “in the perilous front lines of the emerging clash between Islamic extremism and western liberal democracy”, writes Mike Chinoy.
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Mar 1st 2020, 8:30 PM
'Harmful and sinful': Islamic Centre of Ireland issues fatwa against female genital mutilation
Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri issued the fatwa after a senior Muslim figure in Ireland said the practice is acceptable in some cases.
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Feb 13th 2018, 7:18 AM
Islamic State issues detailed guidelines for sex with female slaves
The guidelines include provisions for how to treat two sisters and mothers and daughters who are held captive together.
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Dec 30th 2015, 1:36 PM
This British author has had a death sentence on his head for more than 20 years
It was on this day that the Ayatollah of Iran confirmed the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.
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Dec 26th 2015, 7:45 AM
Indonesian Muslim clerics angered by Valentine's Day condoms
“We have long rejected the condomisation of our society.”
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Feb 13th 2015, 8:00 PM
Syrians told they can eat dogs, cats and donkeys
Reports of people starving in Damascus suburbs has led to the religious rulings.
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Oct 15th 2013, 8:26 PM
Two arrested after publicly-flogged woman dies
The woman died of her injuries a month after she was sentenced to 40 lashes, following allegations she had engaged in an affair with her step-son.
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Dec 21st 2010, 1:58 PM