An Iranian foundation has reportedly increased a bounty for
the death of Salman Rushdie, saying that if the British writer had previously
been killed for blasphemy, the offensive film film against Islam currently
enraging Muslims would never have been made. Iranian media quoted Hassan Sane'i, a cleric heading the 15
of Khordad Foundation, as saying in a statement that he was "adding
another USD 500,000 to the reward for killing Rushdie."With the increase, the foundation was now offering USD 3.3
million for the death of Rushdie, who since 1989 has been the target of an
Iranian fatwa calling for his murder for insulting Islam in his book "The
Satanic Verses."
Indian-born Rushdie, 65, spent a decade in hiding after
Iran's spiritual leader, the late Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued the
1989 fatwa against him for his book.
