Who attacked author Salman Rushdie? | 5 Points

On the night of August 12, there was a deadly attack on the famous English writer Salman Rushdie. Now the New York State Police has identified the attacker. The 24-year-old assailant is a resident of Fairview. His name is being told as Hadi Matar. At present, the police is investigating the matter in collaboration with the FBI. The reason behind the attack is still not revealed.

After the attack, the condition of Salman Rushdie is critical. Rushdie, 75, has been admitted to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. According to their situation, charges will be framed against the attacker.

Know what is this whole matter-

1. Deadly attack happened during the program -
   This attack took place last night in New York, USA. The author of the controversial book The Satanic Verses and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie was being introduced on stage at that time. Then a man came running to the stage and stabbed him. Since the 1980s, Salman Rushdie has been receiving death threats from terrorists.
2. Why is Salman Rushdie the target of fanatics? Salman Rushdie wrote a novel 'The Satanic Verses' in 1988, which is based on Islam. It is considered one of the most controversial books to date and has been banned in most countries of the world. He has been a constant target of Islamic terrorism for writing this novel.
3. A $3 million bounty for killing Rushdie for The Satanic Verses novel. The late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa to kill him in 1989. In this fatwa, a reward of 3 million dollars was kept for killing Rushdie, which is still going on today.
4. Rushdie, who was in hiding due to the fatwa for ten years, had to spend almost 10 years hiding from the world, almost like an unknown because of the fatwa on his head, during which many serious incidents happened. Translators of Rushdie's book were attacked, bookstores selling the book were bombed.
5. One of Rushdie novels was a superhit, won the Booker Prize, Rushdie's other novel 'Midnight Children' was judged to be a tremendous superhit. This novel was also awarded the Booker Prize in 1981. Britain always considered him as its respected citizen. For this reason, he has also been awarded the title of Knight on the birthday of Queen Elizabeth on 16 June 2007 for the service of literature.

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