Rushdie fatwa
1989 · Event
Ayatollah Khomeini issues a death fatwa against Salman Rushdie over The Satanic Verses; deep international rift over free speech and Islam.
On these timelines: Islam, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England, Persia and Iran
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- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Mongol sack of Baghdad (1258)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Sunni-Shia split (656)
- Rashidun Caliphate begins (632)
- Uthman standardises the Quran (650)
Around 1989
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- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
- I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) (1992)
- Love Is All Around (Wet Wet Wet) (1994)