The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all Moslems to execute them wherever they find them.
Source: Speech, 14 Feb 1989.
-- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, (May 17 1900-1989), Iranian religious leader; He was the Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979-89 and leader of Shite Moslems in Iran.