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Shanin Najafi, Iranian-Born Rapper, Faces Death Threats Over Song

May 15, 2012

After a leading cleric issued a fatwa, an Islamist Web site offered a $100,000 bounty to anyone who kills the rapper Shanin Najafi. full story

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