Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei praises stabbing of Salman Rushdie and says fatwa against Satanic Verses author was 'fired like a bullet that won't rest until it hits its target' as Islamic hardliners celebrate
Salman Rushdie, 75, has been airlifted to hospital after being stabbed up to 15 times, including once in the neck at a literary fair in Chautauqua, New York
New York State Police confirmed that a man had been arrested in connection with the stabbing
Rushdie wrote the Satanic Verses, which resulted in a culture war being sparked in 1988 in Britain
He was issued a fatwa, a death threat, by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini in February 1989
Iran's current leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reportedly said that the fatwa against Rushdie was 'fired like a bullet'
By Emma James For Dailymail.Com
Published: 18:03 EDT, 12 August 2022 | Updated: 18:26 EDT, 12 August 2022
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