Some Muslim may have fulfilled the Fatwa!

True but how many of them have a $3mill price on their head?

It actually happened in Chautauqua, not NYC. If you are not aware of the backstory, Rushdie wrote a novel called "The Satanic Verses" back in the 80s that Muslims considered sacrilegious. Being the rational people they are, the Ayatollah of Iran at the time declared a Fatwa against him, which means he put a hit on Rushdie. Many people associated with the book have been killed: translators, publishers, etc.

Rushdie was apparently stabbed in the neck and info on his condition has not been released.

Are you really that fucking stupid and pretend this is "just another stabbing"?

It wasn't NYC. It's about as far from NYC you can get and still be in NY State, figuratively and geographically.

I saw a tweet that has since been deleted that claimed Rushdie walked off stage but I've seen zero evidence of that. Where are you getting the info that he survived? Last reports I saw say his condition is unknown.

I hope Rushdie lives. No author should die because of words he wrote, especially not 30+ years later. Glad the attacker won't be collecting if the worst happens.

Are you sure? I heard he got one in the neck.

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Iran is very active lately. A man with an assault rifle was attempting to break into an outspoken Iranian dissident's house in New York.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-arrested-near-brooklyn-home-of-iranian-dissident-indicted-on-weapons-charge/3821702/?_osource=taboola-recirc

Last year, Iranian Intelligence agents were arrested in New York for attempting to kidnap her and return her to Iran.

Authoritarians don't like dissent. Saudi prince had a journalist butchered for it. Putin had a few poisoned.

Nah. That got resolved at the end of the season.

Horrible! I hope he survives, but 15 stabs around the neck does not sound like something that's easy to fix.