July 11 – The Satanic Verses controversy: Hitoshi Igarashi (born 1947), Japanese translator of Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, is stabbed to death at the University of Tsukuba in accordance with the fatwa against those involved in circulating the book.
11 Juli – kontroversi The Satanic Verses: Hitoshi Igarashi (kelahiran tahun 1947), penerjemah Jepang dari novel tahun 1988 karangan Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses, ditikam sampai tewas di Universitas Tsukuba berkenaan dengan fatwa melawan orang-orang yang terlibat dalam peredaran buku tersebut.