Which British Indian novelist did Khomeini issue a fatwa against?
Salman Rushdie
Vikram Seth
Arundhati Roy
Kiran Desai
Answer
Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the murder of British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie due to the perceived blasphemy in Rushdie's novel, "The Satanic Verses." The fatwa caused international controversy and put Rushdie's life in danger.
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