http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/4789 <!--paging_filter--><p style="text-align: justify">In a letter to <em>Standpoint</em>, published in the latest issue of the magazine, Nigel Lawson reveals the Cabinet's unanimous support for Special Branch protection of Salman Rushdie when, in 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a fatwa against the Satanic Verses author and offered a bounty for his death.</p><p><a href="/node/4789"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/4789#comments Joseph Anton Nick Cohen Nigel Lawson Salman Rushdie Satanic Verses Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:09:47 +0000 4789 at http://standpointmag.co.uk