While the health status of Indian-origin English author Salman Rushdie remains shrouded in mystery amid complete secrecy from his family or those close to him, a friend of his has recently revealed some details.
Sukito Mehta explained that he recently spoke to the famous author and stressed that his injury is serious but he will return to writing due to his strong will and determination.
In a TV interview, Mehta emphasized that despite his delicate health and severe injuries, the author of Satanic Verses still has a sharp mind.
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He also revealed that he can now speak and write, stressing that nothing can be broken, citing the writer’s strong will.
The brief revelation of the Indian-born British writer’s health developments comes more than a month after he was stabbed multiple times before a scheduled speech at the Chautauqua Institute in New York on August 12.
It should be noted that Rushdi, who was born in India and in a Muslim family from Kashmir, lived for years under the threat of killing him in exchange for receiving a reward, and after Khomeini’s fatwa was issued, he was under the protection of the British police for 9 years. became. Kill him in February 1989 for the publication of the novel The Satanic Verses.
Since then, the reward for his murder has increased to millions of dollars, and Iran’s fatwa remains in effect, especially since in 2019, the Twitter platform banned the account of the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, due to a tweet in which he It was published and blocked. He stated that Rushdi’s fatwa “will not be revoked” and his “bloodshed” still stands.
Source: Lebanon Debate
