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One of the greatest Authors of our time; Salman Rushdie was stabbed several times just before he was about to give a lecture in New York State.
Ayatollah Khomeini instigated a fatwa in 1988 calling for his death after Salman released The Satanic Verses in ‘87. Khomeini thought that the book was offensive to Muslims and painted a bad picture of their prophet Mohammed.
The attacker stabbed him several times damaging his throat, eye, arm and liver. It took 5 people to pull the guy off Salman. Mr Rushdie’s agent says the news is not good and he will probably lose an eye, has liver damage and severed nerves in his arm. Hopefully Salman who has been an important voice for freedom of speech will pull through.
He was rushed to a local hospital for surgery soon after the attack
I have a deep respect for this man who has always claimed that the Ayatollah misinterpreted his book on purpose and didn’t even read it in full.
Despite having to live a large portion of his life in hiding he has been a strong voice in the fight for freedom of speech.
OregonComputerGuy
This is what he gets for dissing the great flying spaghetti monster
gromolko
Khomeni realized it painted a bad picture of him and told muslims it painted a bad picture of their prophet Mohammed.
bibendoom
In the time of the Prophet, he himself used to ignore people who mocked him. Never issued kill orders. Clerics on th other hand...
trikucian
It's always the people who try to change the world for the better who get/ almost get assassinated. I wish him a speedy recovery
HellbirdIV
I hope this incident serves as a stark reminder and a wake-up call for the West; Islam is *not* like other religions. It's Nazism for Arabs.
HellbirdIV
People aren't stabbed or beheaded for drawing unfunny cartoons of Jesus, Thor, Vishnu or the Buddha. There is only one "religion" like this.
Beefkins
Religion is brain cancer that metastasizes to other people's brains.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Write on you magnificent bastard.
ScootiePuffJrSucks
When someone says "I'll kill you if you say that. ", it's time to start yelling it.
Misteree8
Hopeppl will not take these religious threats so lightly anymore.This fatwah is more than 30yrs most ppl have forgotten but not fundamentals
CanadaDryGingerMale
Religious fanatics true colours shine through once again
zeusdemigod131
Yeah nothing says 'our religion isn't bad' like a formal decree calling for someone's murder from a religious leader.
pip1
Weee-eeell. Not just a religious leader, a secular one too. And it's not like presidents dont have people killed
likeumreal
Trump supporters
imouttahere87
Cough cough “crusades”
PigsCanJump
Wow, he talks about the danger of left-wing cancel culture being a threat, but gets actual assassination attempts from right wing religious
PigsCanJump
zealots. When will people realize one side snubs you if you're racist and the other tries to fuckin kill you if you insult their sky daddy.
mardukkur
The people who attack "cancel culture" are just attacking criticism of their work. "Cancel culture" is critical speech.
Margrave9000
I lost a lot of respect for the guy. Speaking against cancel culture is just giving excuses for racists.
paulhollywood9
What shocks me how very few Islamic organisations condemn such attacks. As they say if you're silent you're supporting the perpetrator.
HellbirdIV
And when they do, they make sure to add that it "has nothing to do with islam".. wink wink nudge nudge
LarvaLamp
Alright, I guess this as good a place to ask as any- what exactly IS "The Satanic Verses"?
egoAristippos
It is a very good book Rushdie wrote. A wonderful piece of fiction (!). And there is this rumour about the Qur‘an having had verses removed.
Thebeardedrhinocerous
It refers to verses from the Quran attributed to a female author.
HellbirdIV
The Satanic Verses were verses of the Qur'an that, according to Muhammad himself, were revealed to him by Satan pretending to be the ->
HellbirdIV
-> Archangel Gabriel (who normally provided revelations) and as such, had to be expunged from the earliest Qur'anic sources.
Copperbrat
Religion is a scourge.
PourMeAPuppersPlease
Exactly, it's been thinning out the population for hundreds of years. Just a complete scapegoat
TotallyNotSarcastic
I remember vividly his book coming out. It was so controversial. I thought he had been in hiding basically ever since?
jimmyriba
He has been in hiding for decades, but in recent years Rushdie has gradually relaxed the security, saying "I have to live my life". Well...
jimmyriba
This sends a chilling signal that even after 30 years, they will remember and get to you. A huge win for the religious fanatics.
Giantmutantcrab
Science flies people into space. Religion flies planes into buildings.
KotimainenKayttajanimi
cactuskid1956
News says he may not survive...he is 75 you know. I hope he does.
sirpeterwhite
Time to get that book.
MrHowe
Larry David better watch his back
PineappleLoopsBroether
But that Palestinian chicken was so good….
someonestolemypants
He was married to Padma Lakshmi for three years - if he doesn't regain his eyesight, he sure has some fantastic memories
someonestolemypants
Although, of course, I still hope he recovers
Lassannn
Guy who did it is Hadi Matar, who expressed support for the Iranian government.
JeSuisIvre
Link?
4vie
Fuck you, Lassannn, but thanks for the information! Wanna bet the assailant also has mental health issues somewhere in the past?
TinyOctopusWasHere
So, he's changing his name to Salman Rushde? Tiny octopus is willing to accept your rancor because that was a damn fine joke.
rangermcfadden
nicky512
GideonGrey
PectorialMuscles
Sorry, Luke killed the rancor :/
SeeMyVests
Iamnotacreativeman
SteveMND
DoktorWeasel
Damn, I came down here to make that same joke. Beaten by a tiny octopus.
ProfChaos23
Well they have 8 tiny arms, so you never stood a chance
DoktorWeasel
With only two, I'm relatively unarmed.
ChelVanin
I love you tiny aquatic creature, but this man is a hero of mine and I am not laughing at your quip.
theguyinyournightmares
Careful who you insult. You might become TnyOctopus.
4vie
He'd lose an eye too, huh? :P XD
onepinksheep
An i for an i makes the world blnd.
refsawanka
Aw that was better than mine. Have an upvote.
Narwhilian
ColdestOne
What's the joke?
didgeboy287
Thank you
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
TinyOctopus is a force of natue one should not ignore when it comes to jokes. +1
KillerTofu69
procrastinatingagain
Wow. People are nuts.
datphone777365
religion is nuts when its seen as something worth killing for.
daemogorgon
People. Good job not mentioning the elephant in the room.
PourMeAPuppersPlease
Religion
HellbirdIV
Which religious beliefs specifically motivated this attempted murder?
drduffer
Rushdie is the victim of a fundamentalist Islamic Fatwa declared by Ayatollah Khomeni, the leader in Iran 33 years ago. Here: >
procrastinatingagain
Yes, this is ongoing. When it began it was a huge deal.
drduffer
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie?wprov=sfti1
GingerLaird
Hey, don't compare people to nuts. At least nuts are useful.
procrastinatingagain
Although both are deadly for some people,
Merdock
I fucking hate people. I hate that he's had to live his life in fear for writing a book. I'm glad that he's going to survive.
JohnSmithterms
It will definitely impact his length of life though. I also fucking detest people. Most of them are conplete idiots which is fine. But some of them are also violent. Which to me marks them as pathetic.
YuckFuMaga
And this is why I fucking hate religion. Doesn’t matter if it’s islam or Christianity… all based on the same bullshit fiction.
taurondir
Nutcases are everywhere, it's just more dangerous when lots and lots of people urge them on constantly, ie with Trump
hesbeginningtobelieve
Well according to curb your enthusiasm women are super turned on by the fatwa.
sarabear
NPR’s now reporting that he’s on a ventilator so, let’s not count those chickens quite yet… Really hope he pulls thru, tho!
Mediathug
Humanity is a fucking failure
datphone777365
i mean be basically nutty apes that figured out both how to make meta tools and make up shit like language. course we gona do weird shit.
Mediathug
The prefrontal cortex is a mutation. Humans are brain damaged.
datphone777365
i mean arent the majority of things in animals mutations on a prior standard. but also yes, yes we are.
Mediathug
Sure, but we have evolved as far as biological processes can take us, because of this second brain we have, which gets in the /
jimmyriba
It is nowhere near certain that he will survive. He is on ventillator, and his liver was stabbed and damaged.
Slimewire
FWIW, the liver is the one organ that regenerates
jimmyriba
That's some comfort. I really hope that he will make it. He managed to elude them for so long, he deserves to die peacefully at an old age.
pizzapartyhard
Do we know that the attack was because of the fatwa?
tarvuz
Biggest duh of all time
BlackCatSerenade99900
$3 million is $3 million.
BennyGaga
Unless you're stuck in a federal prison. And that money is sanctioned and confiscated.
jimmyriba
Pretty much. This is not the first attempt. His translator was already murdered years ago from it, and many attempts were made before.
Laylah77
3 translators were murdered. I checked.
BennyGaga
Not confirmed. But the Iranian government still has a 3 million dollar bounty on his head.
rubypilgrim
3 million doesn't go very far when you have legal bills to pay - and you're still stuck in prison.
Laylah77
Yes
Laylah77
It reported on bbc news. The guy used a fake id with the ayatollahs name on it
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saidnoone
Well, that wasn’t out of pocket… (See username…)
TankTrain
*Fuckwits who misinterpret Islam and use it to justify their own horrible behaviour. Fixed it for you.
ChelVanin
Misinterpretation?
TankTrain
Look, I'm not going to get into this debate with you. This is not the place for it. I suggest you go and speak to a few Muslims about it,
TankTrain
rather than just accept whatever you may have heard about from various mediums. You will probably have your eyes opened. I wish you the best
billstranger
I mean, they, and other Londoners, attack with knives because FUCKING SENSIBLE GUN CONTROL. But sure.
Fishkeeper
He's probably glad he got knifed in the face instead of shot in the face. People who get shot in the face often don't live to be glad.
Misteree8
Even if it wasnt, the fact there are islamists still incensed by a book he wrote 30yrs,speaks volumes to a subset of the religions adherents
Whataboutlove
It’s nuts. If you’re so confident in what you believe why feel threatened to the point of violence
Misteree8
Atleast in the islam belief. Its writtrn that its okay to commit violence to blasphemers.
ecclectic
A book,that by any reading is harmless, at worst, entertaining at best.
I0VE525P00GE
Not officially no. After over 30 years the fatwa kinda ran out of steam but it only takes one crazy bastard.
Mandaglorian
It’s been updated and the reward increased multiple times. It’s deft still active.
Rikoshi
Much like how she a married person is murdered, the spouse is the first suspect, if someone has a fatwa on them, well…
jimmyriba
"Her ex-husband tried to murder her for years, and successfully killed several people around her. But how can we be sure he killed her?"
Rikoshi
*she=if; not sure how THAT typo happened.
jimmyriba
Yeah, and many attempts have been made before, also on three translators and his publisher, one was killed, and dozens bystanders burned to>
Oxymuncher
A translator/publisher in Norway was shot three times outside of his home in the late 90s luckily he survived
jimmyriba
< death when they tried to kill his Turkish translator with a bomb. The motive for this stabbing is not rocket science.
ChelVanin
The fatwa was old, but the bounty was recently increased, renewing public interest in him in the Iranian community.
MieLArisch
Bounty? There's money involved? I always thought it was a 'religious call' isn't that straight up ordering a murder?
spluit
Many Muslim communities have ratified the fatwa even recently + it's currently still valid for at least few countries like Iran and India.
MrE158
When Khomeini issued the fatwa it included a $3M reward. Another $500k was added in 2012 by a "quasi-official" religious foundation.
pizzapartyhard
Maybe that season of Curb Your Enthusiasm stoked some fires?
TearsAreGoodLube
That season was a while back though
kojenk
its already been 18 years since that episode tho
pizzapartyhard
It’s been 5 years since the season about the Fatwa musical.
kojenk
was making this sort of joke
sauronater
ps238principal
He should get a badass eyepatch and start taunting the people who tried to kill him in a "Talk like a Pirate Day" accent.
ArthurT
I WILL. I will protect him with every single ounce of my life. I WILL.
cobaltplasma
Rushdie showing up for his next book signing :
Harbltron
Fuck the haters, Punished Salman is going to be a dope look if he loses the eye.
pyr0chaos
Just have "I lived bitch" on the patch and thats all you'll need
Elsuave
He will go bankruptcy with the hospital invoice
Onda6g
Ramen.
Onda6g
Kinda disappointed none of you Pastafarians caught this...
Marsupialmessiah
No. It should have never happened in the us. Pakistan maybe, here? Cmon what is the fakebook tracking about? Pregnant teenagers?
I0VE525P00GE
He’d suit an eye patch. After the fatwa was instigated he said in an interview Frankly, I wish I had written a more critical book," bad ass.
ralph2sam
An eyepatch with a comic of Muhammed on it
thetsarisa
Makes me want to reread Satanic Verses.
MeSoErnie
thetsarisa
He writes magic realism, a style that blends reality with fantasy so well you think it's all real. G G Marquez also writes like that.
thetsarisa
..also Toni Morrison, Isabel Allende, Louise Erdrich - please, please read Louise Erdrich! Yann Martel and more
Napopsicle
What's it about
jimmyriba
It's a kind of magical realism humorous fairy tale with allegories over the life of the prophet Muhammed. >
jimmyriba
< Rushdie is an ex-Muslim, and intertwined islamic stories from his upbringing into his book. Apostasy and making light of the Prophet >
jimmyriba
< pisses off a large segment of conservative Muslims all over the world, and many assasination attempts on Rushdie have been made since >
jimmyriba
< the Ayatollah's fatwa calling for his death in the 90s. In recent years, Rushdie has gradually relaxed the security after 30 years >
walnutbreath
Don't go on Islamic Twitter. Tons of shitheads celebrating the attack.
KotimainenKayttajanimi
Islamic Twitter? Do they have their own platform or some halal section on the regular people Twitter? Also, can you give a link?
walnutbreath
It'd regular Twitter. And none offhand.
Uhxohr
Not really surprised considering the massive celebrations after the beheading of a teacher in France, or terrorist attacks in general.
gelos
On the other hand: Go there and let it affect your opinion about said religion.
HellbirdIV
More people need to see the real ideology hidden behind the veil (no pun intended) of this "religion".
KotimainenKayttajanimi
This. It's always good to know your enemy.
belongsinamuseum
The thought to ever go on Islamic Twitter has never crossed my mind tbh..
walnutbreath
Was trying to get info and kinda stumbled into it.
4vie
.... how many clicks/taps did it take?
walnutbreath
Not very long maybe 30 clicks or so.
barf1189
respect https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8593441/Salman-Rushdie-warns-Left-wing-cancel-culture-threat-literature-freedom-speech.html
JohnMike64
Daily mail is fox news of the UK. It has Zero requirement to post the truth.
carlsagansghost
There is no such thing as cancel culture. No one has been canceled.
Fishkeeper
"Cancel culture" is definitely a thing, as is "cancelling" someone. It's a relatively new term, I think, but it is a term.
mardukkur
Oh good lord he's a fucking moron. Attacking "cancel culture" is about censoring criticism.
LarvaLamp
There's a difference between "criticism" and "not letting someone speak because you disagree."
mardukkur
Boycotts are 100% a form of criticism. Only morons think shutting down criticism is pro speech.
LarvaLamp
Boycotting is perfectly fine. Don't go if you don't want to. I'm talking about not letting someone speak.
mardukkur
Boycotting takes away people's venues. You can't "not let someone speak" without violence.
carlsagansghost
They can speak all they want. The government isn’t stopping them.
LarvaLamp
This is true. But doing what you can to shut down speech you do not like is an illiberal act and against the spirit of freedom.
mardukkur
Bull. Fucking. Shit. Telling assholes to fuck all the way off is itself speech. Nobody is owed a platform. Go shout it on a street corner.