Salman Rushdie's fatwa a video game in Iran

July 1, 2012

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Tehran, July 1: Indian-origin British author Salman Rushdie has now become the subject of an Iranian computer game, which aims to educate the youth about the 'sin' committed by him.

The bizarre game, named 'Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict' , is being developed by the Islamic Association of Students, a government-sponsored organization . It has announced this week that it had completed the initial phases of production. Three years ago, the student association and Iran's National Foundation of Computer Games asked students to submit scripts for the game and the top three were handed over to video developers, The Guardian reports.

Rushdie was the target of a notorious Fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini. According to the paper, little has been revealed about the game, but its title suggests players will be asked to implement Khomeini's call for assassinating Salman Rushdie.



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