Salman Rushdie, the creator of the e book “The Satanic Verses”, who was uncovered to nice protests and dying threats around the globe, was attacked whereas on stage at a convention held in New York, USA on August 12. It was reported that Rushdie misplaced one among his eyes and couldn’t use one among his fingers.
Throughout the convention, one individual took the stage and punched Rushdie after which stabbed him.
After the assault, Rushdie’s supervisor, Andrew Wylie, acknowledged that the nerves and liver in a single arm had been broken because of the stab wounds he acquired, and that he might lose an eye fixed.
HE LOST ONE EYE, CANNOT USE ONE HAND
Talking to El Pais, Wylie mentioned Rushdie misplaced an eye fixed and was unable to make use of one among his fingers. Wylie mentioned, “His wounds had been very deep. And sadly he misplaced his sight in a single eye. As a result of the nerves in his hand had been lower, he sustained everlasting harm in a single hand. He couldn’t use one hand. He additionally had 15 wounds on his chest and higher physique.” mentioned.
THE ATTACKER IS 24 YEARS OLD: HADI MATAR
Based on the knowledge primarily based on the New York State Police by the US media, it was realized that the one that attacked Rushdie, whereas he was on stage to present a lecture on the Chautauqua Institute close to town of Buffalo, was 24-year-old Hadi Matar.
It has been recorded that Matar, who’s acknowledged to reside within the Fairview district of New Jersey, went to the Chautauqua Institute in New York, close to the Canadian border, about 7 hours away, throughout the framework of the assault plan to Rushdie.
WHO IS SALMAN RUSHDI?
The Indian-born British author turned well-known for his novel Midnight’s Youngsters, for which he gained the Booker Prize in 1981. The e book has offered over one million copies within the UK alone.
The creator later acquired the Booker of Bookers awards in 1993 and the Better of Booker awards in 2008.
As quickly as Rushdie’s surrealist, post-modern novel The Satanic Verses was revealed in 1988, there have been outrages and requires its ban.
Iran’s chief, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a dying fatwa in opposition to the creator and positioned a $3 million bounty on “Rushdie’s head”. This case took the e book to a different dimension, diplomatic crises.
Worldwide, 59 folks died in reference to this problem, together with translators and people who died in demonstrations.
Whereas Rushdie was declared “infidel” by many Muslims, he turned the consultant of freedom of expression by some.
Though the Iranian authorities has since moved away from Khomeini’s decree, opposition to Rushdie persists.
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