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Author Salman Rushdie, who suffered years of death threats after writing critically about Islam, has been STABBED in the neck during an appearance in New York

I"Smite at their necks.” Quran 47: 4

Author Salman Rushdie has been injured after being punched and stabbed in the neck on stage ahead of a speech he was due to give in Chautauqua, near Buffalo.

The writer, 75, was attacked as he was being introduced to the stage for the CHQ 2022 event before giving a lecture on Friday morning.

He was attending for a discussion of the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression.

Rushdie has previously received death threats for his writing, with his book the Satanic Verses sparking protests in 1988

Blood appeared to be spattered on the wall behind where Rushdie had been attacked, with some also seen on a chair. His current condition is not known. he was airlifted to the nearest hospital.

Rushdie has previously received death threats for his writing, with his book the Satanic Verses which supposedly insulted the Mohammed and The Koran.

Salman Rushdie and others (myself included) have been targeted for assassination by Muslims for violating the speech prohibitions under Islam. The left has been silent or worse, complicit in these crimes.

Biden's unequivocal support for the Iranian regime, which first issued the death fatwa in 1979, had a hand.

These death fatwas never expire. They are as valid today as when they were first issued.supporter and spoke of using acres of land to train recruits, the agent said.

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Fatwa: Hunted in America 

Freedom of speech is the foundation of a free society. Without it, a tyrant can wreak havoc unopposed, while his opponents are silenced.

Putting up with being offended is essential in a pluralistic society in which people differ on basic truths. If a group will not bear being offended without resorting to violence, that group will rule unopposed while everyone else lives in fear, while other groups curtail their activities to appease the violent group. This results in the violent group being able to tyrannize the others.

Islamic law forbids criticism of Islam, Quran, Muhammad. If they cannot be criticized in the US, we are in effect accepting Islamic law as overriding the freedom of speech. This would establish Muslims as a protected class and prevent honest discussion of how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and supremacism.

If speech that offends a group is outlawed, that group has absolute power, and a free society is destroyed. A group that cannot be criticized cannot be opposed. It can work its will no matter what it is, and no one will be able to say anything to stop it.

Candor about Islamic texts is blasphemous according to Islamic law, punishable by death. Many have been killed over them. At issue is whether we will protect those who speak out or censor ourselves and others over them, thereby in effect adopting Sharia.

Inoffensive speech needs no protection. The First Amendment was developed precisely in order to protect speech that was offensive to some, in order to prevent those who had power from claiming they were offended by speech opposing them and silencing the powerless.

A free society is by its nature one in which people put up with others being uncivil and offensive. The alternative is a quiet authoritarian society in which only one opinion is allowed and the others are silenced, and ultimately sent to the camps.

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