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The 1989 fatwa imposed by Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie for his novel “the Satanic Verses” has haunted many liberal novelists and thinkers whose writings were also seen as insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammad.

Foreign ministry spokesperson blames author and supporters after stabbing that left him with ‘life-changing’ injuries

In first official remarks, Tehran rejects responsibility for attack on author even as it heaps scorn on him

Summer vacations are coming to an end – though not everyone took one.

One of his previous novels, Satanic Verses, has been banned in a number of countries and led to a bounty being placed on the author’s head.

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Taliban captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended…

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence

Since 1947, India and Pakistan have shared profound affinities across ferociously policed borders, say Indian novelist Pankaj Mishra and Pakistani writer Ali Sethi

The Chautauqua Institution, southwest of Buffalo in New York State, is known for its summer lectures – and as a place where people come seeking peace and serenity. Salman Rushdie, the great writer and influential public intellectual, had spoken at the centre before.

“It seems to me that we now have a situation in India in which any two or three religious people can get their will just by saying so!”

The Tory leadership contender said there may be a case for proscribing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.