The writers in attendance confirmed their admiration for Rushdie, but also expressed their aversion to violence. They say they will carry on to protect flexibility of expression. There was also the Iranian-American author Roya Hakakian. She also study from her perform of hers: the children’s book “Haroen and the Sea of Stories”.
On Friday, Rushdie, 75, was stabbed soon prior to providing a convention in Chautauqua, western New York. The suspect in the assault, a 24-calendar year-outdated American of Lebanese descent, pleaded not guilty to tried murder previously this week.
In 1989 the Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Rushdie, contacting for the killing of Rushdie. That fatwa arrived immediately after the outcry that experienced arisen amongst numerous Muslims about his novel “Verses of the Devil”. Rushdie has lived in hiding for several years. Because 2000, the Anglo-Indian author has lived in the United States.
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