An Oberlin College professor is facing criticism after it was revealed he endorsed the bounty placed on Salman Rusdie's life in 1989 which led to the author's brutal stabbing last week.Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, currently a professor of religion at Oberlin College in , was serving as the Iranian ambassador to the in 1989 when Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued an order calling for the death of Rushdie - an order known as a fatwa.When asked about the fatwa in a 1989 Reuters story, Mahallati reportedly supported Iran's 'right to put a bounty on someone's head.'
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