1. Mit dem Todesurteil des iranischen Politikers Ayatollah Khomeini gegen den Schriftsteller Salman Rushdie ist das Wort Fatwa im Abendland in Verruf geraten.

), whose real name was Nu'man ibn Thabit, was born in the city of Kufa (modern day Iraq) in the year 80 A.H (689 A.D). Born into a family of tradesmen, the Imam's family were of Persian origin as well as descending from Salman al Farsi, a follower of Muhammad.