Word: imams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Islamic country, others argued that the case had been blown out of proportion. Hassan Saab, an adviser to the Sunni Muslim Grand Mufti of Lebanon, called Rushdie "an insignificant writer who has attacked a great prophet." He asked, "What harm has befallen the Prophet?" In Egypt the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, Sheik Gad el-Haq Ali Gad el-Haq, noted that the net effect of the furor had been to increase the book's sales and profits "by astronomical figures." It would be far better, he suggested, if Islamic scholars prepared their own book refuting Rushdie's "lies...
...radical extremists, including students on short-term visas. Tehran-backed groups have a history of violent mischief in London, mostly bombings aimed at Iranian dissidents. Says Ian Geldard, head of research at London's Institute for the Study of Terrorism: "In the Islamic world, a call from the Imam is a full command . . . The worst of it is that this threat could remain in effect for months." Or even years. In a BBC radio interview, an exiled Iranian film director, Reza Fazeli, who himself has been the target of a Khomeini death threat and whose son was killed...
...Muslim, I think it should be banned as hate-writing and slanderous in nature."--Dhrusheed Imam '90, the president of the Harvard Islamic Society, on Salman Rushdie's novel, Satanic Verses...
...usual, there was speculation that Iran's change of heart might be related to the 88-year-old Khomeini's deteriorating health. In June the CIA received a report that the Imam was suffering from heart disease, a blood clot or tumor in the brain, and prostate cancer that had spread to his liver. He was said to be under constant medical supervision and receiving large amounts of medication. While reports of Khomeini's impending death have proved to be erroneous in the past, he has seemed increasingly frail in recent appearances and has not been seen in public since...
...Ahmed Khomeini, the Ayatullah's eldest son. With Montazeri providing crucial support to Rafsanjani, his rival, the group decided to recommend that the elder Khomeini agree to the cease-fire. The next day they convened again and received what Rafsanjani described as a "historic and important decision of the Imam," presumably similar to the message later read on Iranian airwaves...