CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained.
Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death.
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#BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York https://t.co/9T7gAQUGM8 pic.twitter.com/xj8JzGGmOI
— The Hill (@thehill) August 12, 2022
JUST IN: Suspect charged with second-degree attempted murder in connection to Rushdie attack https://t.co/l6mlKOu1WP pic.twitter.com/xaDU6xSH8v
— The Hill (@thehill) August 13, 2022
Obviously, the fatwa didn’t expire.
Wishing Mr. Rushdie healing.
Salman Rushdie "on the road to recovery," agent says https://t.co/mZNWptoHCy pic.twitter.com/cqqsCiyKse
— The Hill (@thehill) August 14, 2022
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