Salman Rushdie was targeted by a Fatwa from Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeyni in 1989 after the publication of his “Satanic verses” the previous year, book that many Muslims consider blasphemous.
Le Monde with AFP
British writer Salman Rushdie, target of death threats from Iran since the publication of Satanic verses (1988), was attacked while he was preparing to speak during a Conference in the state of New York, in the United States, reports Friday August 12 the American agency Associated Press (AP) .
A man rushed to the platform of the Chautauqua Institution at the time of the presentation of Salman Rushdie and began to strike the writer, according to a journalist from the present on the scene. Salman Rushdie fell and the attacker was under control, added the journalist.
Contacted by the France-Presse agency (AFP), the County Police of Chaattaqua confirmed that a person had been stabbed without specifying the identity of the victim.
#salmonrushdie Attacked at @chq. Jarring situation. https://t.co/1uymzcg0rh