Famed Author Salman Rushdie Stabbed in NYC

As he was about to give a lecture, an assailant rushed and attacked Rushdie.

Salman Rushdie no Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2014. Convidado: Salman Rushdie, escritor indo-britânico. Data: 12 de maio de 2014. Local: Salão de Atos da UFRGS — Porto Alegre. (Crédito: Luiz Munhoz)

World renowned writer, speaker and luminary Salman Rushdie was stabbed in New York City on Friday just as he was about to take the stage and give a lecture.

The author of a number of books, Rushdie has been living under an order of execution with a million dollar bounty on his head for one book in particular, The Satanic Verses, practically since it was published in 1988.

For The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie was placed under a religious fatwa by the Ayatollah in control of Iran, with an enormous bounty on his head. The fatwa included not only Rushdie, but everyone involved in the publication of the book. Three of those people have been attacked, one fatally, in connection with the decree in the years since.

At one point, Rushdie himself went into hiding for over 10 years.

While it’s too early to blame the Rushdie attack on the execution order issued by Iran’s leaders, it’s never too early to confront the growing threat posed by the Ayatollahs of Iran.

Beyond the goal of a nuclear Iran, beyond sponsoring regional terror operations against its nearest neighbors and fellow co-religionists, the Iranian regime recently showed itself perfectly capable of sending an…