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On the day of the attack, Islamic studies expert Kylie Moore-Gilbert wrote: "More than 30 years and a $3 million bounty later, Khomeini's poisonous fatwa has finally caught up with Salman Rushdie. A black day for freedoms of speech, expression, religion & conscience. A tragic day for literature."
Author Salman Rushdie, behind screen left, is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. (Joshua Goodman/)
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyAuthor Salman Rushdie was brutally stabbed on Friday prior to a lecture in New York state in front of a crowd of horrified onlookers.The ...
Andre Wylie, Rushdie's literary agent, told the AP that Rushdie is on "the road to recovery" but that he has a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm. Rushdie could lose an eye, Wylie told the AP.
The author of "The Satanic Verses" was attacked on a lecture stage during an event at Chautauqua. He was airlifted to hospital and is on the road to recovery. Salman Rushdie Stabbed 10 Times ...
The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.It centered on the novel's references to the Satanic Verses (apocryphal verses of the Quran), and came to include a larger debate about censorship and religious violence.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie [2] CH FRSL (/ s ʌ l ˈ m ɑː n ˈ r ʊ ʃ d i / sul-MAHN RUUSH-dee; [3] born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist. [4] His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.
In Rushdie’s view, this kind of violence can be prevented. “There is value in hearing from voices that offend us,” he said, because it’s a pivotal way to challenge each others ...