Sales of Salman Rushdie s 1988 The Satanic Verses have skyrocketed after its author was stabbed Friday in New York State by a young American of Lebanese origin, who has been charged with attempted murder.
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images(LONDON and CAIRO) Since 1989, when the Iranian supreme leader of the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an apostasy fatwa against the Indian-British Salman Rushdie, it has not been just the "The Satanic Verses" author who has been threatened and attacked. Multiple writers, translators and publishers have been targeted around
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images(LONDON and CAIRO) Since 1989, when the Iranian supreme leader of the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an apostasy fatwa against the Indian-British Salman Rushdie, it has not been just the "The Satanic Verses" author who has been threatened and attacked. Multiple writers, translators and publishers have been targeted around the world by extremists with links to this fatwa, which included a religious death warrant for "all the editors and publishers" of the novel who were "aware of its contents." Rushdie was hospitalized after being stabbed multiple times in New York on Friday, about 33 years after the fatwa was issued. Rushie's agent and family released statements Sunday saying he has a long road ahead but is improving and is off a ventilator. The stabbing marked the latest violent attack on people who were targeted around the world with direct and indirect links to the fatwa. Ettore Capriolo Ettore Caprio