{"id":1836944,"date":"2023-02-06T12:50:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836944"},"modified":"2023-02-06T13:02:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T18:02:03","slug":"salman-rushdie-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-stabbing-attack-last-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-stabbing-attack-last-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Rushdie Speaks Out for First Time Since Stabbing Attack Last Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsalman-rushdie-speaks-out-for-first-time-since-stabbing-attack-last-summer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1836944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Author\u00a0Salman Rushdie spoke out for the first time since being brutally stabbed last summer at a literary event in western New York, saying he suffers post-traumatic stress from the \u201ccolossal\u201d Attack that left him partially blind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is such a thing as PTSD, you know,\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2023\/02\/13\/salman-rushdie-recovery-victory-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New Yorker<\/a> In his first interview since being stabbed 15 more times by an Islamic fanatic lone-wolf, he confessed to the crime. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/12\/salman-rushdie-stabbed-during-appearance-in-new-york\/\">Assassination attempt<\/a> Interview with the prisoner last summer <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/17\/alleged-salman-rushdie-attacker-didnt-think-author-would-survive\/\">The Post<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve found it very, very difficult to write. I sit down to write, and nothing happens. I write, but it\u2019s a combination of blankness and junk, stuff that I write and that I delete the next day. I\u2019m not out of that forest yet, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie, at 75, was the victim of a vicious attack. \u201cThe Satanic Verses\u201d He had been hiding for 10 years after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran&#8217;s supreme leader.<\/p>\n<p>A so-called Iranian charity organization has a longstanding multimillion-dollar bounty on the author\u2019s head, and other writers, translators and publishers associated with Rushdie\u2019s novel have been killed or injured in connection with the novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1059\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to US officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645559\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img 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https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-34.jpg, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-35.jpg, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-36.jpg, 133&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-37.jpg, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-38.jpg, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-39.jpg, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-40.jpg, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-10-copy-41.jpg, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Salman Rushdie spoke for the first time to The New Yorker, after being stabbed 15-times by an Islamic radical.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Richard Burbridge, The New Yo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rushdie, a native Indian, was reportedly hospitalized six weeks after the attack at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua NY. He had stayed at his New York City home since being released, leaving only for frequent doctor\u2019s visits.<\/p>\n<p>The author of 21 books \u2014 who had reportedly lost sight in his right eye \u2014 wore glasses with a blacked-out right lens when he met a reporter at his literary agent\u2019s Manhattan office last month.<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie had also lost 40 pounds and sustained nerve damage in his left arm. According to the piece published Monday, Rushdie spoke fluently with a droopy lip and had visible scar tissue at his right sight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-03.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25647188\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25647188\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-03.jpg\" alt=\"People tend to Rushdie after the stabbing\" class=\"wp-image-25647188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-03.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-03.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rushdie lost 40 lbs since the attack.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWell, you know, I\u2019ve been better,\u201d When asked about his spirits, he replied to the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, considering what happened, I\u2019m not so bad. As you can see, the big injuries are healed, essentially. I have feeling in my thumb and index finger and in the bottom half of the palm. I\u2019m doing a lot of hand therapy, and I\u2019m told that I\u2019m doing very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always tried very hard not to adopt the role of a victim,\u201d He stated. \u201cThen you\u2019re just sitting there saying, \u2018Somebody stuck a knife in me! Poor me.\u2019\u00a0\u2026 Which I do sometimes think,\u201d Through laughter, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25647200\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25647200\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Hadi Matar&#039;s arrest\" class=\"wp-image-25647200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=300, 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340w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=320, 213&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 320w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=314, 209&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 314w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=306, 204&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 306w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=280, 187&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=260, 174&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 260w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=246, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=144, 96&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 144w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=140, 93&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=107, 71&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=93, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=84, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=200, 133&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=231, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=322, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=87, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=150, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-07.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rushdie was stabbed fifteen times by the suspect in the attack.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rushdie said to the outlet that he was unable to type. \u201cvery well\u201d Because of a \u201clack of feeling in the fingertips,\u201d And he added that sleep was another struggle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been nightmares \u2014 not exactly the incident, but just frightening. Those seem to be diminishing. I\u2019m fine. I\u2019m able to get up and walk around,\u201d According to reports, he said. \u201cWhen I say I\u2019m fine, I mean, there\u2019s bits of my body that need constant checkups. It was a colossal attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie lived a defiant life of public service. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/12\/salman-rushdie-once-complained-about-too-much-security\/\">Without security<\/a> Manhattan has seen a significant increase in Manhattan&#8217;s population in recent years, despite the bounty or fatwa that he still has on his head in connection to \u201cVerses,\u201d This was banned by fundamentalists for its supposed offensive depictions of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine interviewed him about his criticisms of not living in fear in recent decades and the support he received following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople didn\u2019t like it. Because I should have died. Now that I\u2019ve\u00a0<em>almost<\/em>\u00a0died, everybody loves me.\u00a0\u2026 That was my mistake, back then. Not only did I live but I tried to live well. Bad mistake. Get 15 stab wounds, much better,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie appeared to be happy to be back in his agent\u2019s office, and looked forward to celebrating the release of his new book, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Victory_City.html?id=2FuPEAAAQBAJ&#038;source=kp_book_description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victory City<\/a>,\u201d National Geographic Books will publish this Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645556\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25645556\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rushdie with a copy of the book\" class=\"wp-image-25645556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=300, 200&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=768, 512&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=1024, 682&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=160, 107&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 160w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=144, 96&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 144w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=140, 93&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 140w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=107, 71&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=93, 62&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 93w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=84, 56&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 84w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=200, 133&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=231, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=322, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=87, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=150, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-feat-image.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rushdie\u2019s new novel \u201cVictory City\u201d Tuesday, February 12, 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cVictory\u201d This is what it claims to be. \u201cepic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries,\u201d The publisher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back,\u201d According to reports, he said. \u201cIt\u2019s someplace which is not a hospital, which is mostly where I\u2019ve been to. And to be in this agency is \u2014 I\u2019ve been coming here for decades, and it\u2019s a very familiar space to me. And to be able to come here to talk about literature, talk about books, to talk about this novel, \u2018Victory City,\u2019 to be able to talk about the thing that most matters to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hadi Matar (24-year-old admitted attacker), Fairview, NJ told The Post that he had only ever read \u201ctwo pages\u201d This is \u201cThe Satanic Verses\u201d But had \u201crespect\u201d For the ayatollah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s a great person. That\u2019s as far as I will say about that,\u201d Matar stated that Matar was speaking from the Chautauqua County Jail. He also said that he was being interviewed. \u201csurprised\u201d Rushdie survived the brutal attack.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"25645558\"><\/p>\n<p><\/button><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"25645558\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Hadi Matar in court\" class=\"wp-image-25645558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 2000w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?resize=300, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?resize=231, 154&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?resize=322, 215&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?resize=87, 58&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?resize=150, 100&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/salman-rushdie-speaks-out-stabbing-incident-08.jpg?resize=50, 33&#038;quality=75&#038;strip=all 50w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Suspect Hadi Matear said to The Post in August that Rushdie was not his favorite author, but that he hadn&#8217;t read the controversial book. \u201cThe Satanic Verses.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matar, who faces more than 30 years in prison, said he went to Chautauqua after learning of Rushdie\u2019s appearance at the literary event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like the person. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a very good person,\u201d He said this about Rushdie. \u201cI don\u2019t like him. I don\u2019t like him very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie succinctly answered the New Yorker&#8217;s question about who was responsible for Rushdie&#8217;s attack. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI blame him,\u201d He said it in reference to Matar. <\/p>\n<p>The author had nothing but praises for the doctors, EMTs, and firemen who responded quickly to his medical emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m lucky. What I really want to say is that my main overwhelming feeling is gratitude,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, I\u2019d like to go back up there and say thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author\u00a0Salman Rushdie spoke out for the first time since being brutally stabbed last summer at a literary event in western New York, saying he suffers post-traumatic stress from the \u201ccolossal\u201d Attack that left him partially blind. \u201cThere is such a thing as PTSD, you know,\u201d He The New Yorker In his first interview since being &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1836947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4002,17805,17804,3625,13978,10502,5073],"class_list":["post-1836944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-attack","tag-rushdie","tag-salman","tag-speaks","tag-stabbing","tag-summer","tag-time"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}