The knife attack on the authorsatanic passagesmade the intellectual class shudder. Salman Rushdie, a British writer of Indian origin, was executed by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989 after the publication of his satirical novel about the adventures of two Indian victims of the attack. The author who accused the Iranian spiritual guide cursed.
Thirty-three years later, Salman Rushdie, who was hit in the neck and abdomen, is on artificial respiration. Across the Atlantic, writer Stephen King immediately expressed his anger without mincing words. “What fool stabs the writer (…)? Mother“, the author of many thrillers was offended.
“Upset“, French Caroline Forest reacted more soberly on Twitter a few hours after the news. The feminist journalist and writer, who notably broke the veil, shared a touching video of the 1989 César ceremony, in which actress Isabelle Ajani, receiving her award, read an excerpt from Salman Rushdie’s novel on stage.
From Jack Lang to Bernard Pivot
A gesture that caused the admiration of Bernard-Henri Levy at that time. The philosopher, fiercely opposed to “Islamic obscurantism“, also paid tribute to himfriendSalman Rushdie’s Friday Night. “Unfortunately for the bastard who stabbed him, my friend does not have the soul of a martyr. He wanted to be Balzac and Dickens. And, in fact, it has become. As such, he is immortal “, he said on Twitter.
On the set of BFMTV, former culture minister Jack Lang recalled on Friday night how he decided to publish in French in 1992.Satanic passages“. “Many French were afraid to see him come to Paris“, he remembers. “I decided to bring him under the influence of a good part of the political class of the time, which was quite cowardly, and the desire of the press.“. “I wish with all my heart that he could have survived this heinous attack.“, he announced.
Also witnessing the early years of the fatwa against the British writer, Bernard Pivot, the well-known host of the literary program Apostrophe, recalled his memories of 1996.I hosted Salman Rushdie on my show, the police were present even on the roofs of the television building. His defenses must have weakened over time. But Islam’s hatred of the writer never faded“, he wrote on Twitter.
Charlie Hebdo sarcasm
Several personalities who are particularly inclined towards Islamism also responded. Among them is the Algerian writer and columnist Kamel Daoud, who destroys austerity in Islam. “Salman Rushdie was stabbed. And each of us with him“, he wrote on the social network. Saying “thatagainst those who want to reduce the world to one story, their crazy faith– the essayist expressed his opinion.anger“against”a thousand hands holding this kind of dagger“. Essay author Franco-Algerian Mohammed Sifoui Taqiyya! and the director of the islamoscope.tv channel also expressed his indignation. “Physical aggression is all that is left to those who have no arguments, reason or values.“, he condemned.
“Nothing justifies a fatwa, the death penaltyRees, the editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo and a survivor of the 2015 attack on the paper, fumed. The journalist did not leave his sarcastic pen to express his opinion about the killings in the name of Islam. “As of now, we do not know the motives of the author of the knife attack on Salman Rushdie. Was he protesting against global warming, against the decline in purchasing power, or against the ban on watering flower pots because of the heat?“It is written on the website of the newspaper:
“We will have to repeat again and again that nothing, absolutely nothing justifies the fatwa, the death penalty, for anything.“, the editor-in-chief strikes, condemning.”mediocre little spiritual leaders, intellectually useless and often culturally illiterate“.
Source: Le Figaro
