Pro-Iranian group chief ‘praised fatwa against Salman Rushdie’ Massoud Shadjareh is accused of telling Islamophobia conference in 2021 that Muslims thought publishing of The Satanic Verses 'was wrong'

August 21, 2022   

(National-UAE) The head of a pro-Iranian non-profit group based in Britain voiced support for the fatwa calling for the death of Sir Salman Rushdie, it has been claimed.

Massoud Shadjareh, founder and chairman of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), allegedly backed the death sentence imposed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the former Iranian supreme leader, in 1989.

The commission has benefited from £1.4 million ($1.6m) in charity cash.

Rushdie was left fighting for his life after being stabbed at an event in New York this month. The well-known author has since been removed from a ventilator and is on the road to recovery.

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