Farmland Award Commends Man Who Attacked Salman Rushdie: Iran

Booker-winning author Salman Rushdie was stabbed last year at an event in New York, USA. The sudden attack was so severe that Rushdie had to be immediately put on a ventilator.

An Iranian foundation has announced that the man who attacked Rushdie will be rewarded despite the worldwide sensation caused by this attack. Reuters reported this information in a report on Tuesday (21 February).

Salman Rushdie

• According to reports, an Iranian foundation, praising the attacker who seriously injured novelist Salman Rushdie in a knife attack, said they would reward him (the attacker) with 1,000 square meters of agricultural land. Iran's state TV reported the news on Tuesday through its Telegram channel.
  In August last year, a 24-year-old American Shia Muslim from New Jersey attacked Salman Rushdie on the stage of a literary event in Western New York. Rushdie, 75, lost an eye and an arm after the fatal attack.

According to the report of the New York Times, Hadi Matar, the attacker detained by the police, is a resident of New Jersey. He is 24 years old. The attacker is in police custody. No charges have been filed against him yet. After observing Rushdie's physical condition, legal proceedings will be taken in this regard.

Award of 1000 square meters of agricultural land

• He further said, 'Rushdi is now nothing more than a living dead and to honor this brave step, around 1000 square meters of agricultural land will be donated to the man or his legal representative.'
  Salman Rushdie had been under threat from radical Islamists for many years, originally for The Satanic Verses, published in 1988. In August last year, he was attacked during an event in New York. After the attack, police arrested a 24-year-old man named Hadi Matar. He is a resident of New Jersey, USA.

Rushdie's fourth novel 'Satanic Verses', published in 1988, sparked controversy around the world. The following year, i.e. in 1989, Iran's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa to sentence the writer to death. At that time, the price of Rushdie's head was announced as 3 million dollars. Iran's declaration still stands.