Details and reactions are emerging every day after the attack on author Salman Rushdie last week in New York, United States, left the world in shock and horror. Rusdhie, 75, suffered serious stab wounds after being attacked at a literary event in New York on Friday. Amid the flood of responses, Padma Lakshmi, Rusdhie’s former partner, said she was “distressed and speechless” but could “finally breathe a sigh of relief” when news of his recovery emerged. “Relieved @SalmanRushdie is recovering from Friday’s nightmare.” Worried and speechless, he can finally breathe.
Now I hope for a speedy recovery. (sic),” she tweeted on Sunday. Indian-American author, TV presenter and model Padma Lakshmi was married to Rushdie from 2004 to 2007. Lakshmi is also the host of the popular show ‘Top Chef’. Rusdhie was taken off the ventilator over the weekend due to concerns over his condition. Meanwhile, after the attack on Rushdie, the 33-year-old Fatwa of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s former supreme leader, has returned to public memory.
The accused in the stabbing – Hadi Matar – is 24 years old, from New Jersey; he pleaded not guilty. While anger has been expressed in the past over Rushdie’s book – The Satanic Verses – which forced him to go into hiding following his so-called death sentence, questions have often been asked as to whether those – who said the content upset them – had even read the book.
On Monday, Iran “categorically” denied “any link to the attack”. “No one has the right to blame the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in Tehran’s first official response to Friday’s stabbing. “(As for the attack on Salman Rushdie, we do not consider anyone but him and his supporters worthy of…rebuke and condemnation,” Kanaani told a news conference.
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