‘Satan’s Verses’ author Salman Rushdie assassinated in New York

“Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in New York state with at least one stab in the neck and abdomen and is currently undergoing surgery at a local hospital. Salman Rushdie was born in Mumbai, British India, moved to the UK at the age of fourteen, and now lives in New York, USA. His second novel, Midnight’s Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981, and Satanic Verses, published in 1988, were considered disrespectful in the Islamic world for their portrayal of Muhammad, which Rushdie wrote in early 1989 to justify, It is said that Islam regards Muhammad as a human being, and since he is human, he is definitely not perfect. Despite this, the then Iranian spiritual leader Khomeini issued an order to kill, and the United Kingdom cut off diplomatic relations with Iran for this purpose. In 1998, the two countries resumed diplomatic relations. Shidi’s Assassination”. The suspect in the attack on Rushdie was Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey.

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