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A man rushed the stage and stabbed Mr. Rushdie several times just before he delivered a lecture in Chautauqua. The author spent years living in hiding after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran called for his execution in 1989, but in recent years has been living a more open life.
This is the man who once had 24/7 security because the ayatollah put a million dollar bounty on his head for the book satanic verses.
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__________________ Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
I assumed he was a politician but turns out he's an author? Why would someone stab a damn author?
After he released his book satanic versus Iran but a million dollar bounty on his head. The UK government decided to provide him with 24/7 protection.
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The publication of the book and the fatwā sparked violence around the world, with bookstores firebombed.[66] Muslim communities in several nations in the West held public rallies, burning copies of the book.[67] Several people associated with translating or publishing the book were attacked, seriously injured, and even killed.[b] Many more people died in riots in some countries. Despite the danger posed by the fatwā, Rushdie made a public appearance at London's Wembley Stadium on 11 August 1993, during a concert by U2. In 2010, U2 bassist Adam Clayton recalled that "lead vocalist Bono had been calling Salman Rushdie from the stage every night on the Zoo TV tour. When we played Wembley, Salman showed up in person and the stadium erupted. You [could] tell from [drummer] Larry Mullen, Jr.'s face that we weren't expecting it. Salman was a regular visitor after that. He had a backstage pass and he used it as often as possible. For a man who was supposed to be in hiding, it was remarkably easy to see him around the place."[68]
On 24 September 1998, as a precondition to the restoration of diplomatic relations with the UK, the Iranian government, then headed by Mohammad Khatami, gave a public commitment that it would "neither support nor hinder assassination operations on Rushdie."[69][70]
Hardliners in Iran have continued to reaffirm the death sentence.[71] In early 2005, Khomeini's fatwā was reaffirmed by Iran's current spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a message to Muslim pilgrims making the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.[72] Additionally, the Revolutionary Guards declared that the death sentence on him is still valid.[73]
__________________ Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
The guy is a big time player. He treated her like shit. She is now with Bill Dell. The brother of Michel Dell. I will let you guess what company he owns.
__________________ Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
I assumed he was a politician but turns out he's an author? Why would someone stab a damn author?
Same, I'm closer to 50 than 40 and have necee heard of him.
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