Hassan Sane'i
| Ayatollah Hassan Sane'i | |
|---|---|
| حسن صانعی | |
| President of 15-Khordad Foundation | |
Hojatoleslam Hassan Sane'i is a governmental official of Iran who is a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[1] He is also the president of the 15-Khordad Foundation, a quasi-governmental foundation that was created in 1981.[2][3]
Sane'i is a fundamentalist who has called for the execution of Salman Rushdie and raised the bounty of the head of the latter for insulting Islam.[4][5][6][7]
He is brother of the reformist Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei.
References and notes
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/279493.stm
- ↑ PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM, 1994: STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM OVERVIEW
- ↑ http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/pop_1634-2941_2002_num_57_2_18397
- ↑ World: Middle East, Rushdie death bounty raised, BBC, 12 October 1998
- ↑ https://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ar98/mde13.htm
- ↑ IN THE NAME OF ALLAH: DECEPTION FROM TEHRAN AND THE CASE OF SALMAN RUSHDIE American Atheists
- ↑ Iran Offers a Higher Reward For Assassination of Rushdie New York Times
External links
- The World Outraged by Prize Hike to Kill Rushdie 12 February 1997
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