Salman Rushdie, the author of the blasphemous book, was attacked by an unidentified man in West New York.
According to the foreign news agency "Associated", Salman Rushdie was attacked when he was going to give a lecture in a hall in West New York.
According to the reporter of the news organization, a man stormed the stage of Chautauqua Institution and showered punches on Salman Rushdie. Later, administrative authorities rescued Salman Rasheed from the assailant.
New York police said that Salman Rushdie had a "knife wound to the neck" but it was too early to give a satisfactory answer about his condition.
It should be noted that Salman Rushdie's book Gastakhana Kitab has been banned in Iran since 1988. Leader Ayatollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa on the killing of Salman Rushdie.
There is also a reward of more than 3 million dollars for the killer of Salman Rushdie. The Iranian government has long expressed indifference to Ayatollah Khomeini's statement, but anti-Salman Rushdie sentiments persist.
