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2022-08-13T13:27:34.534Z


Iranian Conservative Press Praises Writer's Aggressor: "Bravo for this Brave Man" | The novelist's representative reports that his liver "was damaged by the stab wounds" and "it is likely that he will lose an eye" | Authorities identify the assailant as Hadi Matar, 24.


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The main ultraconservative Iranian newspaper,

Kayhan

, congratulated this Saturday Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed the writer Salman Rushdie on Friday, who was weighed down by a fatwa dictated by the Ayatollahs' regime in 1989 for considering his book

The Satanic Verses blasphemous

.

"Bravo for this brave and duty-conscious man who attacked the apostate and vicious Salman Rushdie," reads the newspaper, whose head is appointed by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Rushdie's agent has reported that the writer is on a respirator after undergoing surgery.

"The news is not good," said the author's representative, who could lose an eye and has a damaged liver after being stabbed in the neck and abdomen.

The novelist was attacked Friday during a conference in Chautauqua, a town in western New York State.

The assailant, who was identified by authorities as Hadi Matar, 24, was arrested.

The White House has condemned the assault.

"He is horrible," said Joe Biden's security adviser, Jake Sullivan.

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Rushdie led a "relatively normal" life until the attack

The writer Salman Rushdie assured a couple of weeks ago that his life was now "relatively normal".

The statements belong to an interview that the German magazine

Stern

was scheduled to publish on August 18 and has been brought forward to this Saturday, one day after the writer was stabbed. 

In the interview, Rushdie is optimistic and points out that the fatwa against him for the publication of his book 

The Satanic Verses

was pronounced a long time ago, in 1989. The writer spent almost a decade in hiding, but in recent years he has lived relatively open.

Asked if he feels nostalgic, the 75-year-old novelist replies: "Not necessarily. I love history, but when it comes to my own life, I prefer to look forward."

(Reuters)   

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What they do not forgive Salman

Rushdie, from the insignificance of a writer, has reminded all of us who believe in a free world that a satire is worth more than a billion offended, and that the day we forget it, there will be no more laughs.

By 

Sergio del Molino.

You can read the full column here

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The Spanish Government condemns the attack on Salman Rushdie 

The Minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Courts and Democratic Memory, Félix Bolaños, condemned this Saturday the attack on the writer Salman Rushdie and warned that "fanaticism and extremism" are a "threat" to "coexistence, democracies and the need" of human beings to "live in peace.

Bolaños has stressed that there is only "one way" to achieve "fairer" societies, that are "freer" and "more livable" and that is "the path of respect, tolerance and respect for those who think differently" .

"That is why extremism and fanaticism only lead to societies that are not habitable and that are a threat to our lives, our freedom and to democracy," he said, while regretting "hugely" the attack on Rushdie and He wanted him to recover from his injuries "as soon as possible".

(Agencies)

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Writer Ian McEwan assures that Rushdie will not be intimidated by the attack

British novelist Ian McEwan, a close friend of writer Salman Rushdie, has assured that the author of

The Satanic Verses

will not be "intimidated" by the attack he suffered on Friday during a conference in New York.

"This appalling attack on my dear friend Salman represents an assault on freedom of thought and speech," McEwan said in a statement posted on his official website.

Rushdie, who is surviving on life support after being stabbed by a young man who assaulted him onstage, "is a fierce and generous spirit, a man of immense talent and courage, and he will not be intimidated," McEwan said.

The English author is one of the few people whom Rushdie continued to visit in secret during the decade in which he had to remain hidden, threatened with death after the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini put a price on his head in 1989, considering it blasphemous against the islam

The satanic verses

s.

"Salman has defended and inspired persecuted writers and journalists around the world," McEwan defended, stressing that freedom of thought and expression "support all our rights and freedoms."

(Eph)

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The assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie, in pictures

The British writer and essayist was stabbed on Friday when he was going to give a conference on freedom in artistic creation in Chautauqua, a town in western New York State.

You can see the full photo gallery here

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Macron: "Rushdie embodies freedom and the fight against obscurantism"

French President Emmanuel Macron wrote a message on his Twitter account condemning the attack "by the forces of hatred and barbarism" against Salman Rushdie.

Macron says in the message that the writer has embodied "freedom and the fight against obscurantism" for 33 years.

"His fight for him is our fight, it is universal. Now more than ever, we are at his side," the French president wrote. 

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Iranian Conservative Press Praises Rushdie's Aggressor

The main ultra-conservative Iranian daily,

Kayhan

, congratulated this Saturday Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed the writer Salman Rushdie this Friday, on whom a fatwa dictated by the Ayatollahs' regime weighed in 1989. "Bravo for this brave and aware of the duty that attacked the apostate and vicious Salman Rushdie", can be read in the newspaper whose head is appointed by the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. 

"Let us kiss the hand of the one who tore the neck of the enemy of God with a knife," the text continues.

Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a cultural center in Chautauqua, upstate New York.

Iranian authorities have so far not made an official statement on the assassination attempt on the 75-year-old intellectual.

Following the official line, all the Iranian media have labeled Mr. Rushdie an "apostate."

The

Iran

daily , a state newspaper, has said that "the devil's neck" has been "hit by a knife".

“I will not shed tears for a writer who denounces Muslims and Islam with infinite hatred and contempt,” Mohammad Marandi, a political analyst and professor at the University of Tehran, wrote in a tweet.

(AFP)

In the image, a man shows today's edition of Iranian newspapers.

The image is from Atta Kenare (AFP).

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What is known about the attack so far

  • Writer Salman Rushdie was attacked while on his way to give a lecture in Chautauqua County, a town in western New York State.

    After going on stage, a man pounced on him.

    The assailant has also injured an interviewer.

  • The police, who arrested the attacker after the attack, announced in a statement that the writer had apparently suffered a stab wound to the neck and abdomen and was taken to hospital by helicopter.

  • The author remains connected to a respirator, after undergoing surgery and unable to speak.

    “Salman will probably lose an eye;

    the nerves in his arm were cut and his liver was damaged by the stab wounds, ”as explained by his agent. 

  • The detainee is Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old from the neighboring state of New Jersey, who bought a ticket for the conference like the rest of the 2,500 attendees, and whose motivations for the attack are unknown at the moment.

  • According to an employee of the cultural center where the attack took place, security is lax and, apparently, no additional measures were taken to protect the author of 'The Satanic Verses' (1988), and sentenced to death by the Iranian Islamic regime in 1989 for blasphemous.

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"The attack on Salman Rushdie is appalling"

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday night that "the attack on Salman Rushdie is appalling."

"We are all praying for his speedy recovery and are grateful to the good citizens and first responders for helping him so quickly," Sullivan wrote in a Twitter message.

The writer, wounded by at least one stab wound to the neck and another to the abdomen, is connected to a fan and, as reported by his representative, "he will probably lose an eye."

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The image shows the moment of the arrest of the attacker of Salman Rushdie, a 24-year-old man identified by the New York State Police as Hadi Matar.

The assailant had a pass to attend the conference on freedom in artistic creation that the writer was going to offer this Friday in Chautauqua County.

(AP)

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"One has to choose freedom"

Salman Rushdie offered a virtual conference on July 28 on the occasion of the Guadalajara World Book Capital events.

When asked about the threats received, the writer stated that "one has to opt for freedom."

"Literature can create beauty, joy and point out evil: the great concerns of human life. Literature tells us what it means to be human," he continued, as recalled this Friday by those responsible for the initiative of the Mexican city, which like the Guadalajara Book Fair (FIL) has strongly condemned the attack.

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FBI Help

The New York State Police have contacted the FBI to try to determine the motives for the attack and the background of Salman Rushdie's assailant, according to testimony offered by a federal officer to

The New York Times.

The authorities at the moment have only released his name, Hadi Matar, and have reported that he is 24 years old and that his residence is set at Fairview, in the State of New Jersey.

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The writer's agent assures that "the news is not good"

Salman Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, stated at seven o'clock this Friday afternoon that the writer is connected to a respirator.

"The news is not good," he added in a statement.

"Salman will probably lose an eye; the nerves in his arm were cut and his liver was damaged from the stab wounds," he said.

(Reuters).

12 Aug 2022 - 23:20 UTC

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First aid

The spokesman for the New Jersey Police has explained that Salman Rushdie first received assistance from a doctor who was among the audience at the conference and who also treated the speaker Henry Reese, who accompanied the writer at the event and who suffered injuries in the expensive, but he has already been discharged.

12 Aug 2022 - 22:04 UTC

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"No indication" of the mobile

The spokesman for the New York State Police who appeared this Friday afternoon to report on the progress in the investigations into the attack on Salman Rushdie has assured that at the moment the motive for the attack is not known.

"We have no indication of the motive," the officer said before adding that Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old New Jersey man identified as the attacker, has stabbed the writer at least once in the neck and one in the abdomen.

Police have also indicated that Rushdie is still in surgery, but have not provided details on his condition.

(Eff).

12 Aug 2022 - 21:40 UTC

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Police reveal the name of the attacker

The New York State Police have reported that Salman Rushdie's attacker is called Hadi Matar and initial investigations suggest that he acted alone.

The 24-year-old man had a pass to access the writer's event.

His last residence, the authorities have added, was set in Fairview, in the State of New Jersey.

(Reuters).

12 Aug 2022 - 21:16 UTC

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These are the key events that have happened to date following Iran's death threat against writer Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie ha vivido durante años amenazado de muerte por el régimen islámico iraní que, en 1989, emitió una fatua, o edicto, que pedía su muerte por la publicación de la novela Los versos satánicos. El régimen teocrático iraní ofreció una recompensa de más de tres millones de dólares a cualquiera que matase al escritor. Los siguientes son algunos eventos clave que siguieron a ese edicto de muerte.

  • 12 de febrero de 1989: Al menos seis personas mueren en la ciudad pakistaní de Islamabad en tiroteos entre policías y hombres armados en una multitud que protestaba contra la venta de la novela Los versos satánicos

  • 14 de febrero de 1989: Jomeini emite la fatua y llama a todos los musulmanes a matar Rushdie.
  • 24 de febrero de 1989: 12 personas mueren en Bombay cuando la policía abre fuego contra una multitud de 10.000 ciudadanos que se manifestaban contra Rushdie. 
  • 14 de septiembre de 1989: Cuatro bombas son colocadas frente a varias librerías del Reino Unido propiedad de Penguin Random House, editor de Los versos satánicos
  • 3 de julio de 1991: Ettore Capriolo, traductor italiano del libro, es golpeado y atacado con un cuchillo en su piso de Milán por un hombre que ser iraní.
  • 12 de julio de 1991: El traductor japonés Hitoshi Igarashi muere apuñalado en Tokio por un atacante que huye.
  • 7 de septiembre de 1995: Después de seis años bajo protección policial y viviendo en casas seguras, Rushdie aparece en Londres en su primera aparición pública desde que se emitió la fatua.
  • 12 de febrero de 1997: Ocho años después de ofrecer una recompensa por primera vez, se aumenta la oferta por la cabeza de Rushdie hasta los 2,5 millones de dólares.
  • 22 de septiembre de 1998: El presidente iraní Mohammad Jatamí dice que "el asunto de Rushdie está completamente terminado".
  • 24 de septiembre de 1998: El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Irán, Kamal Kharrazi, dice que Irán no emprenderá ninguna acción para amenazar la vida de Rushdie, ni alentará que ninguna persona lo haga.
  • 4 de octubre de 1998: Unos 160 miembros del parlamento iraní dicen que el decreto de muerte contra Rushdie sigue siendo válido.
  • 10 de octubre de 1998: Un grupo de estudiantes iraníes establece unos 333,000 dólares como recompensa por la cabeza de Rushdie.
  • 12 de octubre de 1998: Una fundación religiosa iraní vinculada al Estado iraní aumenta su recompensa hasta los 2,8 millones de dólares. 
  • 16 de septiembre de 2012: La fundación religiosa iraní aumenta su oferta por matar a Rushdie hasta los 3,3 millones de dólares.
  • 22 de febrero de 2016: Los medios de comunicación estatales iraníes agregan 600.000 dólares la recompensa por el asesinato de Rushdie.
  • 12 de agosto de 2022: El escritor es atacado en el escenario de un evento literario en Chautauqua, al oeste del estado de Nueva York, y es trasladado en helicóptero a un hospital local para el tratamiento. (Reuters)

12 Aug 2022 - 20:10 UTC

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Análisis | El largo rastro de sangre de ‘Los versos satánicos’

Por Nuria Barrios. El escritor Salman Rushdie tenía 42 cuando su novela Los versos satánicos llegó a manos del ayatolá iraní Jomeini. El líder religioso lo condenó a muerte por blasfemo, en 1989, en una fetua que se extendió como la pólvora entre los musulmanes. Rushdie era un autor muy conocido tras haber ganado el premio Booker con una novela anterior, Hijos de la medianoche, pero de nada le sirvió su prestigio ni vivir en Reino Unido, lejos de Irán. A la fetua se añadió una recompensa que supera los tres millones de dólares para el ejecutor de la sentencia. El escritor tuvo que desaparecer en la clandestinidad, protegido día y noche por Scotland Yard, bajo el nombre ficticio de Joseph Anton, en homenaje a Conrad y Chéjov.

Lea aquí el análisis completo.

12 Aug 2022 - 19:34 UTC

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Primeras imágenes del detenido por la agresión a Rushdie 

Un equipo de agentes policiales ha detenido a un hombre fuera de la Institución Chautauqua, en el Estado de Nueva York. El sospechoso ha sido detenido acusado de apuñalar al escritor Salman Rushdie este viernes. Según la policía y los testigos que asistían a la conferencia, justo antes de que el escritor comenzara a hablar, un hombre se subió al escenario y abalanzó sobre él, hiriéndole en el cuello. También ha resultado herido uno de los entrevistadores que se encontraba junto a Rushdie en el escenario. (Charles Fox / AP)

12 Aug 2022 - 19:28 UTC

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Escritores, editoriales y políticos muestran su conmoción por el ataque a Rushdie

Poco después de conocerse la noticia del ataque a Rushdie, las redes sociales han comenzado a reflejar la conmoción de la comunidad literaria ante la agresión. La organización sin ánimo de lucro de literatura y derechos humanos PEN International, de la que Rushdie fue presidente, ha publicado en su cuenta oficial de Twitter su consternación: "Estamos profundamente preocupados por la noticia de que el ex presidente de PEN América haya sido atacado hoy justo antes de dar una conferencia en la Institución Chautauqua en Nueva York. Condenamos el ataque y le deseamos una pronta recuperación".

La directora ejecutiva de PEN America, Suzanne Nossel, ha emitido un comunicado en el que cuenta que Rushdie le había enviado un correo electrónico antes de ser atacado. “PEN América se tambalea por la conmoción y el horror ante la noticia de un ataque brutal y premeditado", escribe Nossel. "Apenas unas horas antes, Salman me envió un correo electrónico para ayudarme con las ubicaciones de los escritores ucranios que necesitan un refugio seguro de los graves peligros que enfrentan. Nuestros pensamientos y pasiones ahora están con nuestro intrépido Salman, deseándole una recuperación completa y rápida. Esperamos y creemos fervientemente que su voz esencial no puede ni será silenciada”.

El escritor Ian McEwan también se ha pronunciado sobre la agresión: "Este espantoso ataque contra mi querido amigo Salman representa un asalto sobre la libertad de pensamiento y expresión. Estas son las libertades que sustentan todos nuestros derechos y libertades. Salman ha sido una fuente de inspiración defensor de los escritores y periodistas perseguidos en todo el mundo", ha escrito en un correo electrónico dirigido a The Guardian

El primer ministro del Reino Unido, Boris Johnson, ha asegurado estar "horrorizado" por el apuñalamiento. "Horrorizado por (saber) que Sir Salman Rushdie ha sido apuñalado mientras ejercía un derecho que nunca deberíamos dejar de defender", ha tuiteado Johnson, en defensa de la libertad de expresión. (Agencias)

12 Aug 2022 - 19:16 UTC

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