“Ayatollah revives the death fatwa on Salman Rushdie,” from AFP, with thanks to Andy Bannister: A FATWA against the author Salman Rushdie was reaffirmed by Iran’s spiritual leader last night in a message to Muslim pilgrims. British officials anxiously played down comments after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Muslims making the annual pilgrimage … Continue reading Iranian leader slams ‘Western, Zionist capitalists,’ reaffirms Rushdie death fatwa