The Iranian government had declared in a fatwa that he must be put to death. The well-known Indian novelist was transported by helicopter to a nearby medical facility. It is currently unknown what his status is.
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| [Writer Salman Rushdie] |
On Friday, the novelist Salman Rushdie was assaulted as he was ready to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York. In the 1980s, Iran had issued murder threats against Rushdie in response to his books, and those threats continued until the present day. At this time, it is not known how the Indian author is doing in terms of their health.
According to the first complaint filed by the police, the following occurred on August 12, 2022, at around 11:00 a.m.: "A suspicious guy rushed onto the stage and assaulted Rushdie and an interviewer."
Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and taken to a local hospital by helicopter after sustaining the injury. It is currently unknown what his status is.
Since 1988, the book "The Satanic Verses" written by Salman Rushdie has been banned in Iran because many Muslims believe it to be blasphemous. One year later, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Komeini, the leader of Iran at the time, issued a fatwa, sometimes known as an edict, calling for Rushdie's execution.
Iran has also offered a reward of more than three million dollars to anybody who is successful in assassinating Rushdie.
Tehran continues to stoke anti-Rushdie sentiment, despite the fact that the Iranian government has long since disassociated itself from Khomeini's proclamation. A religious organisation in Iran that has a semi-official status raised the prize for Rushdie's capture from $2.8 million to $3.3 million in the year 2012. Additionally, in 2016, the award was increased to 3.9 million dollars.
At the time, Rushdie brushed off the threat, claiming there was "no evidence" that there were anybody interested in the prize. In the same year, Rushdie released his memoir titled " Joseph Anton," in which he discussed the fatwa.
Life and works of Salman Rushdie
On June 19, 1947, Rushdie came to the world in Bombay. In spite of the fact that he has received death threats for the last 45 years, he continues to do it. His debut work, which was named Grimus and was released in 1975, did not get positive reviews from either readers or reviewers. He worked as a publicist, but he had very little money, and he wanted to write, but he didn't know very well where to catch the thread of inspiration, although he kept writing down scenes and ideas in scattered notebooks. The 1970s were difficult years for Rushdie. He wanted to write, but he didn't know very well where to catch the thread of inspiration. Materials that he was eventually able to weave together into a second book that was an instant hit once it was published. children of midnight (1980) was awarded the Booker Prize, which is considered to be the most prestigious literary prize in the United Kingdom. Years later, in 1993, it was awarded the Booker of Booker, which is the prize for the novel that was deemed to be the best of the best novels published during the Booker Prize's first 25 years of existence.
The novel Children of Midnight depicts the tale of a kid with supernatural abilities who is born at midnight on August 15, 1947 (exactly only a few months after Rushdie was born), at the very time when India and Pakistan gained their independence from the United Kingdom. The book was met with considerable resistance in his nation as a result of its inflammatory comparisons to Indira Gandhi, who was serving as prime minister at the time. In this book, there is already a glimpse of an unusual blend of political condemnation, dreamlike storytelling, and a particular kind of magical realism that is rich in pictures and forceful when it comes to disturbing the chronology of the tale.
Since then, every new book that Rushdie has published since then has furthered and amplified this quest in a highly personal work that utilizes language, intricate narrative structures, and insane storylines. That, however, is something that can be seen playing out in scenes of the political reality not just of his nation, but also of every other location in the globe where power is exercised. That would be the literature of the world. Rushdie is the author of more than eleven novels, in addition to his autobiography, a number of articles, short tales, and stories written for children.
As an example, the name Ayesha, who was Muhammad's youngest wife, is used to refer to a prostitute in The Satanic Verses; Abraham is referred to as a bastard; and the story of Salman Farsi, who was a companion of Mohammed and who is ridiculed in Rushdie's novel; these are just a few of the many direct allusions. These are just a few of the things that the religious found offensive in The Satanic Verses.
On the other hand, these references may be interpreted based on their immanence as well as in resonance with other political histories and other contexts. This means that one does not need to be familiar with the Koran or the political climate in Iran or the Middle East in order to do so. Because of this, The Satanic Verses is considered an evergreen classic. What would literature be if it lacked its ability to challenge the reader?