“When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah ,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
BP is accused of destroying the wildlife and coastline of America, but if you look back into history, you find that BP… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience. — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“as in the Islamic Republic of Iran, where large numbers of women turned out during the June 2009 post-election demonstrations. Clearly, these… — Robert Spencer Copy Share Image
Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa to that effect, which was then given effect in the Islamic Republic of Iran, so in the… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
The politicized version of Shia Islam that we see in the Islamic Republic post-1979 clearly is very conservative, but, there are other… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist...the entirety… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
One of things that surprised me when I was in Iran was to find out that the country finances seven times as… — Sadakat Kadri Copy Share Image
“While I would champion any campaign to support Muslim women who do not wish to cover. I would now also protest vigorously… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Look at Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution and the slogans that they used: anti-imperialism; anti-colonialism; the struggle of the have-nots against the haves; the… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
“The ultimate irony of the influence of communism was that those who opposed it so ferociously – first the Ba‘th Party and… — Fred Halliday Copy Share Image
“This mixture of political and geographical considerations compounded Saddam’s failure to grasp the operational requirements of such a campaign. Rather than allowing… — Efraim Karsh Copy Share Image
“The war against jihadism has been chronically misunderstood because of our failure to acknowledge the religious motives of Muslim jihadists. This failure… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
