Author Salman Rushdie, whose writings drew death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he prepared to give a lecture in New York. His condition after the incident is unknown.
Public and reporters from agencies such as Associated Press they witnessed a man storm onto the stage of the Chautauqua Institution and start beating, or stabbing, Rushdie, famous for his fourth novel the satanic verses.
Salman Rushdie, stabbed during an event near New York pic.twitter.com/O7OhDVjlyG
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According to reports from this agency, the author was rescued after falling to the ground while the young attacker was immobilized. The status of Rushdie, born in Bombay in 1947, is not immediately known.
The New York police confirmed shortly after that the writer had been stabbed in the neck, for which he was taken to a hospital by helicopter.
the satanic verses It has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it blasphemous. Iran’s late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death.
A reward of more than three million dollars has also been offered for whoever ends his life. The British Government then had to offer him police protection. Iran has long since distanced itself from Khomeini’s decree, but anti-Rushdie sentiment persisted.
I hope Salman Rushdie is okay.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) August 12, 2022
In 2012, a semi-official Iranian religious foundation raised Rushdie’s reward from $2.8 million to $3.3 million. Rushdie dismissed that threat, saying there was “no evidence” that people were interested in the bounty.
Rushdie has published a memoir, joseph anton, about the fatwa. He is a highly praised and award-winning author. His second novel children of midnight (Midnight’sChildren; 1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981.
