Salman Rushdie Stabbed By A Terrorist!

Salman Rushdie was stabbed by a terrorist.

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For over 30 years, Salman Rushdie had protection. The U.S. Justice Department and New York state authorities have not called the brutal stabbing of the Indian-born British novelist an act of terrorism, but the acts done by this person certainly count as it.

Salman Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses and it rocked the Muslim world. 

It is blasphemous to depict the Prophet Muhammad in any caricature. The Supreme Leader of Iran at the time, Ruhollah Khomeini called a fatwa for Rushdie's assassination

The 24-year old terrorist is from New Jersey. His family descended from Lebanon. He may of had inspiration from reading the book and supported The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a military fraction of the country. The U.S. designate the military as a terrorist organization.

The terrorist stabbed Rushdie multiple times as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. The co-founder of City of Asylum, Henry Reese, who was also onstage and about to begin interviewing Rushdie, sustained a minor head injury during the assault.

The terrorist is being held without bond.

An air ambulance flew Rushdie to a hospital in nearby Erie, Pennsylvania. The novelist — having sustained damage to numerous organs, including to his liver and to one of his eyes — underwent surgery and was placed on a ventilator. The following day on August 13, Aatish Taseer tweeted that Rushdie was moved off from the ventilator and was "talking and joking."

Salman Rushdie attacked in NY earlier today. Why was he not more properly protected, knowing that he was under a fatwa of death? I hope and pray that he survives this attack 33 years after Khomeini’s fatwa. #TableShaker pic.twitter.com/nzT8KnLbQB

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) August 12, 2022

Police in western New York are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie, who was preparing to speak at an event when someone rushed up and stabbed him in the neck. His agent later said he has been placed on a ventilator and will likely lose an eye.#SalmanRushdie pic.twitter.com/o1pQWk2n74

— INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) August 13, 2022

▪️ Iran 1989: Fatwa to kill Salman Rushdie

▪️ Iran 2019: Khamenei confirms fatwa

▪️ The attacker: “I love Iran and Hezbollah!”

▪️ Iran 2022: Praises attack on Salman Rushdie

▪️ Police: “We are searching for the motive”

▪️ Me: 🤦🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/Iwxz4VX4TX

— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) August 13, 2022

A New York state trooper and a sheriff's deputy, who were both present, arrested the assailant and took him into custody.

President Joe Biden through White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre have condemned the attack. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for an immediate investigation into how state authorities failed to protect him. Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also issued statements of outrage over the attack and expressed well-wishes for Rushdie. In India, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan told The Indian Express, "In a civilised society, there is no room for violence or taking the law in one's own hands. This heinous act deserves severe condemnation."

The suspect is facing second degree attempted murder and assualt. It carries 25 to LIFE if convicted in New York. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.