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  2. List of fatwas - Wikipedia

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    It refers to the fatwa against the acquisition, development and use of nuclear weapons by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. [12] While the fatwa originally dates back to the mid-1990s, [ 13 ] the first public issue of it is reported to be that of October 2003, which was followed by an official statement at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy ...

  3. Ali Khamenei's fatwa against nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    A fatwa by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, against the acquisition, development and use of nuclear weapons [1] dates back to the mid-1990s. [2] The first public announcement is reported to have occurred in October 2003, followed by an official statement at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna in August 2005.

  4. Fatwa of Ali Khamenei against insulting revered Sunni figures

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    Al Jazeera reviewed the fatwa and its effect on the Islamic unity, repeating it in several news broadcasts. [1] [23] [19] [17] [14] Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the most prominent Sunni scholar in Cairo, praised the fatwa in an interview on Al Jazeera. [1] He said the fatwa had been published at the right time and could help to control sectarian ...

  5. Iran says nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine

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    Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last say on Tehran's nuclear programme, banned the development of nuclear weapons in a fatwa, or religious decree, in the early 2000s.

  6. Iran adviser hints at expansion of missile range, nuclear ...

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    He said that although Iran has the technical capability to produce nuclear weapons, it is currently held back by a fatwa, or religious decree, issued in the early 2000s by Supreme Leader Ayatollah ...

  7. Satanic Verses controversy - Wikipedia

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    After the Ayatollah's fatwa however, he was accused by the Iranian government of being "an inferior CIA agent". [15] A few years earlier, an official jury appointed by a ministry of the Iranian Islamic government had bestowed an award on the Persian translation of Rushdie's book Shame , which up until then was the only time a government had ...

  8. Iran and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia

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    On 9 August 2005 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a fatwa that the production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons are forbidden under Islam and that Iran shall never acquire these weapons. The text of the fatwa has not been released although it was referenced in an official statement at a meeting of the International ...

  9. Author Salman Rushdie attacked at New York event - AOL

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    The following year, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death. A bounty of over $3 million was offered, and Rushdie went into hiding for ...