Rushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Over the past two decades, Rushdie has traveled freely.
Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, has been incarcerated after pleading not guilty to attempted murder and assault in the Aug. 12 attack on Rushdie as he was being introduced at the Chautauqua Institution, a rurally located center 55 miles southwest of Buffalo that is known for its summertime lecture series.
After the attack, Rushdie was treated at a Pennsylvania hospital, where he was briefly put on a ventilator to recover from what Wylie told El Pais was a “brutal attack” that cut nerves to one arm. Wylie told the newspaper he could not say whether Rushdie remained in a hospital or discuss his whereabouts.The attack was along the lines of what Rushie and his agent have thought was the “principal danger ... a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking,” Wylie told El Pais.Wylie told the newspaper it was like Beatles member John Lennon’s murder. Lennon was shot to death by Mark David Chapman outside his Manhattan apartment building Dec.
plesbilongmi So sad.😢 At least he survived, but the fact that he is now in hiding again says it all. SalmonRushdie TerroristAttack Fatwah writer
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Tom_Winter Sorry he has to go through this is Sad
from the peaceful left I bet lock them up and I hope you feel weel soon
I don’t understand why people are so awful.
Fuck it - I’m ordering another few copies of satanic verses.
Thanks Kathy and Tish!
You mean the Muslim man who rushed the stage to violently attack him?
Still can't believe this happened in my county.
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