The Satanic Verses is available for purchase in Kindle, audiobook, hardcover, and paperback formats on Amazon. “Though his life changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty & defiant sense of humor remains intact,” his son Zafar Rushdie said in a statement on Sunday.ĬLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER He is being treated for three stab wounds to his neck, four stab wounds to his stomach, puncture wounds to his right eye and chest, and a laceration on his right thigh, according to CNN. A Japanese translator for The Satanic Verses, Hitoshi Igarashi, was stabbed to death in 1991.Ĭhautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said Rushdie was taken off a ventilator over the weekend but is still in critical condition.
Friday's attack against Rushdie was the most severe attack against the author to date.
Since then, there have been multiple threats made against Rushdie while he was under police protection.
Following the issuance of a fatwa from Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling on all Muslims to kill the author, Rushdie was forced to go into hiding. The Satanic Verses, published in 1988, skyrocketed Rushdie to international fame and prompted widespread outrage from Muslims who considered the work to be blasphemous.
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