Salman Rushdie details his attack, his memoir "Knife" and finding love later in life | NPR

[@Miloo-qj7sc]

Salman Rushdie, I'm a girl from Iraq live in Sweden. Thank you for fighting the right of free speech. It makes me so sad and angry for what happened to you!!! You are a brave man and real heroes are those who risk their lives to save lives!

[@clarkbruce_exmuslim]

Hi! I'm also from Sweden, Umeå to be exact. An ex-convert. I left right after the attack, although I was about to leave Islam anyway.

[@anonymoussoul3343]

@@clarkbruce_exmuslim you should write about your conversion journey, and why did you left it.

[@manazon6945]

you should also write about your experiences. WRITE. WRITE. WRITE. that is the only way we can defeat extrmism

[@clarkbruce_exmuslim]

@@manazon6945 that's exactly what I've been doing before and since I left, on FB & IG.

[@Tilahun-ep7nv]

It's great to see people like you supporting Salman Rushdie. Well done Miloo

[@rutiwit]

You are globally loved Mr. Rushdie. So glad you are alive and writing again!!💪❤️

[@lordkorner]

Started reading and hardly put down till finished. Thank you Mr Rushdie for all your words.

[@williamgregory1848]

His attacker was a 24 year-old man living in his mother's basement with no job, no education, no personal ambitions, no motivation, and no aspirations. His only identity was his religion and here was Salman Rushdie, an atheist, a brilliant author, highly educated, highly successful, who had everything. What would be the simplest and easiest way to get instant fame and notoriety, and approval from the fanatics in his religion? By killing the man that they hated and who he was jealous of. It was as simple as that. "The religious crazies that I idolize hate him and so to win their approval, I must throw away my life and kill him." Brilliant self-analysis, guy. That's as far as his dumbass thinking went. I feel sorry for his family; but I hope he spends the rest of his life in prison.

[@alcrow1458]

Just like the guy who murdered John Lennon.

[@rosalindchu7588]

He‘s a hero, a strong character, a man of wisdom and he’s certainly inspiring to many of his readers.

[@Implicit_Truth]

One of the bravest writers I'm aware of.

[@minimo5281]

He should need to be brave This is just shows the rot in society so that it takes bravery to write a book

[@Alhilohe6336]

Muhammed is a warriors with sword not a peace maker. Somes follow his footstep...

[@alcrow1458]

@@Alhilohe6336 that's the problem

[@BigDome1]

An absolute legend and a hero. So glad to see him again.

[@himanshusingh0876]

Long live salman rushdie no religion is above criticism... specially madarsachhap peaceful people.

[@freedahlogic8368]

Interesting word.

[@txt4r]

would you support any criticism of hollow cst ??

[@AnyoneCanSee]

​@@txt4r - The attack on him shows exactly why Islam needs to be criticised.

[@txt4r]

Free Speech ??? Would people have supporting him if he had written "Satanic Jews"??? or question the h-(00llow)) c(st)??

[@txt4r]

@@AnyoneCanSee who is stopping you ? go ahead btw Would people have supported him if he had written "Sa(tan) ic J( ews)"??? or question the h-(00(llow)) (c)(st)??

[@jazchappell4804]

I remember the deep sense of sadness when he was attacked and so delighted when I heard he was going to live. Wonderful to hear his recollections of the experience.

[@Mostlymattie]

I’ve walked down that street in Pittsburgh and I became overwhelmed with a sense of safety and pride that such a small street could be inhabited by such brilliant minds and that they’d receive the refuge needed for artistic literary expression.

[@sarwaazeez1369]

Brave, creative and inspiring. So proud of you Mr Rushdie ❤

[@alcrow1458]

I am reading Knife right now. Iti is a highly intimate and personal book. Mr. Rushdie takes us right into the innermost sanctum of his life, which is a very brave thing to do. It is the second book by Mr. Rushdie that I am reading. The first was Satanic Verses. I found nothing in that book that was cause to call for anyone's murder. It was a wonderful, dreamlike fantastical book which I found challenging but rewarding. I am quite certain that Ayatollah Khomeini, nor the man who attacked Mr. Rushdie, ever bothered to read any of his books. I would like Mr. Rushdie to know that I admire his courage, his artistry and creativity so much. I am going to read Midnight's Children next as I hear it is very good. I am from Canada. I wish Mr. Rushdie a long and healthy life moving forward. I am sorry these terrible things have happened to you. But as your preface says, We are other, no longer what we were before the calamity of yesterday.

[@alcrow1458]

@Textual-Produce Textual means sexual. Produce less please.

[@alcrow1458]

@Textual-Produce Textual means sexual. Produce less.

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

It is not sexual in any way. ​@Textual-Produce

[@lydiarowe491]

To get a follow up on Salman Rushdie’s life was encouraging to know he has overcome the attack on his life..and is getting on with living as he reminded us as being bonus..thank goodness ..go well..❤

[@Blue_Moon3]

Hero ❤ This book on Audible with Salman narrating is outstanding

[@32446]

It’s on my list as the next book credit. Can’t wait to listen to it.

[@algalgod159]

In a very ironical but twisted and yet deep way, surviving this attack was - ultimately - the real win over the fatwa, more than just failed assassinations.

[@PaliAha808]

When will be bold enough to educate ourselves and children that any religion may be a lie?

[@angeladibble]

Well said.

[@flysolo100]

Haven’t “we” been doing that for at least 100 years? Even this man’s family in the U.S., those who raised him that is, are fairly secular. He himself chose as an adult to radicalize when he visited his father in Lebanon.

[@magnacz]

The people that organized his visit are irresponsible to not have any security arrangement preventing anybody with a weapon having access. Regardless of who goes and visits.

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

​@Textual-ProduceI think it says a lot about you that you laugh when someone tries and almost succeeds in killing another person.

[@12440jayjay]

Salman Rushdie...a spirit invincible!🙏

[@magnamarianneczagany8970]

Taking part in self defense exercises is for getting a muscle memory of how to defend yourself at any age. Glad you made it and found a loving woman to stand by you. Looking forward to reading and hearing from you....

[@ghostwriterinme5050]

Brilliant work, thank you!

[@alcrow1458]

I forgot to mention that while I was reading Satanic Verses, to my delight, Mr. Rushdie wrote a chapter in the verse and style of J. G. Ballard, as a tribute I suppose. Ballard has been one of my favourite writers for many years and I was delighted to learn in this manner, that Mr. Rushdie shared my admiration for Mr. Ballard. Thanks Mr. Rushdie, for what felt at the time like a very personal message to me.

[@carinagatta]

Very inspiring strength, peace to you Salman!

[@maruzik]

There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones. Bertolt Brecht

[@micheleinacharles-hazellem1968]

This is a brilliant interview

[@bongfish1369]

I'm a huge admirer of Salman. His courage against religious bigotery is exemplary ..... The religious mad will always lose. They are losing everywhere. Only problem is - they don't realise.

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

​@Textual-ProduceYou certainly have a one track mind.

[@MajorMajorx2]

What a great interview.

[@megato99]

He is one of the most pivotal writers of our time- senseless violence has no place in our society

[@danalan52]

I know that Mary Louise Kelly is brilliant. I didn't know that she is beautiful.

[@FLASH-MATT]

Great interview with a great man. 👍

[@avis1983]

Salman is the biggest bearer of Free speech in the world. I wish to meet him someday.

[@txt4r]

Stop lying No one is here to support "free Speech" people are supporting him for his anti islam stand

[@shekoofehalaie878]

Thank you for fighting for freedom!

[@princeardalan]

❤ We love you Sir Salman Rushdie.

[@txt4r]

Stop lying No one is here to support "free Speech" people are supporting him for his anti islam stand

[@AnyoneCanSee]

​@@txt4r - Shut up cry baby.

[@TheMalayLinguist]

Brave man. Very much a literature hero.

[@kristine8338]

“Je m’excuse monsieur, je ne sais pas“ tells you a lot.

[@moirasherman9568]

On the topic of reading his books, quite the opposite- he’s so charming and engaging, I am actually more inclined to read his works of fiction as a result of this occurrence. Victory City next for me!

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

That is one of his best!!! I loved it!

[@ArranVid]

Salman Rushdie, you are a great author and I wish you all the best. Also, God bless. And yes, God does exist, He saved you.

[@philbarone4603]

NPR is honest journalism. Bravo!

[@deadname...]

I love sarcasm 👍

[@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw]

defund them now

[@kitbram2033]

In 1984 vernacular, yes, honest. haha

[@philbarone4603]

@@kitbram2033 they don’t get paid off by advertisers so that’s a plus.

[@EM-mw2qr]

Thank goodness he kept his other eye.

[@ilias4156]

Hero, we love you so much.

[@DI3BS]

Great interviewer Mary Louise Kelly reminds me of Robert Siegel, question 💯

[@PortalEMCioranBrasil]

My idol 🙇‍♂

[@matsudaseiko]

MY HERO ! ✊✊✊

[@automaticpanipurimachine-n9326]

Love this man ....god bless......means real god...not islamic

[@sianjones3721]

I will read one of his books.

[@puddles5501]

interesting stuff

[@MrTravelWriter]

I feel NPR may have tapped the interviewer at the last minute.

[@manilafazel298]

❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@danielnelson3136]

I'm confused, what happened beforehand for such a severe attack to have occurred here? Why did it happen, and what did the author do to deserve such an attack in the first place????

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

He didn't deserve it, of course! Back in the 80s, he wrote a novel that offended the Ayatolla in Iran and he issued a fatwa, which is an order of execution. The book offended a lot of extremists of Islam. And the fatwa gave permission encouragement to any Muslim to kill him. He lived in hiding for over 10 years, with 24/7 security from Scotland Yard. Eventually England and Iran came to some ki d of agreement and they called off the assassination plots. But they never rescinded the fatwa, so crazy people like this kid who wasn't even born then can still act on it. Rushdie has lived in the US for about 20 years now and was safe u til this happened. What he did is write a work of fiction that offended some people. That's what he did.

[@marieclark3119]

Yes - Perfect budget cut.... No dollars for NPR, PBS, or anything funded by the government

[@AlohaAloha-f2v]

He was in western N.Y. not really central N.Y.

[@MrGaborseres]

👍

[@bintube5269]

Is this the guy going for the record of how many interviews one man can give in a week?

[@mourlyvold64]

Any problem with that?

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

Most writers promote their books. Why do you have a problem with that?

[@maxragno9881]

I’ve been a fan of his ever since I first read The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

Do you mean CS Lewis? He wrote that book.

[@maxragno9881]

@@lesliewells-ig5dl Nope, it was by Salmon Rushdie. Google it.

[@maxragno9881]

@@lesliewells-ig5dl nope Google it it was Salmon Rushdie

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

​@@maxragno9881is a joke? CS Lewis wrote that.

[@maxragno9881]

@@lesliewells-ig5dl nope that was Salmon Rushdie

[@optimal8155]

Let’s hear what Uri Berliner has to say…

[@shahidraza314]

Well plyed salman

[@Jazzlobotomy]

Reminds me of the seinfeld george winking 😉 episode

[@Zeus11223]

Please take this peace loving man to peace loving nation Israel to get more praise rewards and appreciation

[@matthewfisher-sp5fq]

I think that salmon should have had security minders all the time after the fatwar was issued you know security minders for the rest of his life

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

If you read the memoir he wrote about those years, you would understand that after 10 years with 24/7 security, why he finally wanted to live a normal life. But, he does have security again. He was in hiding those first ten years. It was no way to live. The book is called Joseph Anton. It's great, just like everything he writes!!

[@deepakseth6256]

Can We India not reclaim Salman Rushdie

[@raconteurhermit1533]

British during their colonial rule over India had to draft new laws (153A,295A ) to control such brutal killings of blasphemers by Muslims after the murder of a publisher Mahashay Dharmpal. Muslims have used these laws for preventing every public discussion of their creed in general & of their prophet in particular. This is an old pattern inherent to Islam ,Deoband organized special recitations of the holy book for honoring the murderer of Hindu spiritual leader Swami Shardhanand. Little did they expect that same provisions of the law could be invoked for seeking a ban on their holy book The Quran. In 1985,credit for this turning of tables goes to a Calcutta resident (Chandmal Chopra who was a refugee of Hindu genocide in Bangladesh partition of India 1947). Writ petition filed in the Calcutta High court in 1985 stating that publication of Quran attracts IPC 153A 295A because "it incites violence, disturbs public tranquility, promotes on ground of religion feelings of enmity hatred and ill will between different religious communities"

[@tolbydamit]

Who knew Mary Louise Kelly was a silver fox.

[@Longleke.]

I had no idea Mary Louise Kelly was hot 🤯

[@maysammaghsood]

سلمان تو قهرمانی

[@alexshelby4195]

The best thing that can happen to a bad writer is have some religious leader highlight the extraordinary bad work and make it famous. I often wonder if this was all by design.

[@mourlyvold64]

"The best thing" ? Hardly. Tell us, how would you yourself deal with a fatwah on your head?

[@alcrow1458]

Bad writer? No. But you must have scores of published works, some of which are best sellers, with which to compare yourself to him, I suppose.

[@alexshelby4195]

Of course it was. He would've never been without his Satanic Verse

[@strongestblackwoman6591]

#NPRHATESAMERICANRIGHTS #BoycottNpr

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

I don't think you're going to have much success with people who have just watched this amazing interview.

[@txt4r]

would u hypocrites have supported him if he had written a book against chews ?? hoollow caas t denying ?? or exposing their crimes ?? crickets ?? I thought so

[@klarakrok]

Wonder Lamp

[@endpc5166]

Why couldn't she ask him about the ideology that encouraged this attack. But that would be talking about Islam, & it seems that in the cowardly media is a no no.

[@JA-oi4vj]

Sal will come out and do anything to promote his book(s). Lol, a dozen interviews in the last month atleast.

[@mourlyvold64]

Any problem with that?

[@klarakrok]

Alladim and winder Lamp

[@RickChristman-iy4tc]

NPR boycott has started 🎉

[@wafaabdullah2172]

Rushdie is wrong, as usual, about many things. Since the start of his career he comes across as a man of quite limited intelligence both with regards to the purposes of literature and the world of real politk. While nothing justifies an attack on his person nevertheless the stupidity of his opinions on Gaza and other topics illustrates that he is extremely accident prone largely because he is fundamentally flawed as an honest broker on many of the most important issues of the day.

[@lesliewells-ig5dl]

Wow! What a ridiculous comment!! You are the ignorant one, not Rushdie. Have you ever. Read even one of his books? He is one best writers alive!!!

[@wafaabdullah2172]

@Textual-Produce Thank you for your kind observations. No doubt Rushdie has supporters who despise religions such as Christianity and Islam and will therefore reward him with money and fame. It's how things are in the West. However, Islam and Christianity are not going to magically disappear or become maligned by a poisoned pen. On the contrary it seems that this mockery is really only meant for an increasingly slender audience. Real politik assumes at least a minimal understanding of the extraterritoriality of both religions.

[@patriciatoomingtheplantpar2558]

This interview is going so slow and dragging on painfully i had to give up at 4:06

[@Tahoza]

Your opinion is your opinion and I'm not trying to contest that, but why take the time to leave this comment instead of just watching something else? Are you trying to dissuade others from watching it?

[@sue.F]

As much as Salman continues to deny this, there was something supernatural about this - he had a presentimental dream.

[@wilhelmbeck8498]

Religions and/or atheist-ideas are not needed for anyone to have spiritual experiences and extra-sensory-perceptions. ( 🙃🙂😉

[@sue.F]

@@wilhelmbeck8498 if ESP isn’t supernatural, then what is?

[@yourforbiddenfruit]

I can’t imagine having the gall to make such a disrespectful presumptuous comment about Salman’s experiences given the context of this video. You’re as bad as the religious people who claim god intervened. Salman isn’t the one in denial here. Try, just try to respect the frank recollections of his own experience rather than putting your beliefs upon them.

[@sue.F]

@@yourforbiddenfruit you are conflating religiosity with supernatural. The only thing disrespectful in my comment was your misinterpretation.

[@yourforbiddenfruit]

@@sue.F I didn’t misinterpret you. Religion and belief in the supernatural are different. It doesn’t make it any less arrogant.

[@yoya4766]

After writing a million words, living under a fatwa and the attempted murder, at 75 he finally realises love is all you need. Something the Beatles knew at 20. So I wonder if he thinks all those books especially the Satanic Verses was worth it.

[@deadname...]

*MAGA 24*

[@real.evidence]

MAGA = McDonald’s and Golf Again.

[@richardc9634]

came to down vote NPR CEO, defund this propaganda outlet

[@Theothersideofthescreen]

NPR: National Propaganda Radio

[@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw]

DEFUND NPR NOW

[@JW-hi5wd]

I made a donation in your name. Thanks!

[@PaulLorenzini-ny2yw]

@@JW-hi5wd At least I have a name. What's yer pronouns?

[@charlotteboisson1853]

This presenter is a disaster ... one banality after another...

[@gervasedebrumer7832]

she's not just a disaster, she is also a complete fraud as a journalist, absolute dishonor of the profession. In fact she was one of the most hardcore russiagaters who relentlessly lied to her own audience and never came clean about it.

[@MrRamazanLale2]

Staged bullsh*t 😂

[@thorspinky]

RIP npr

[@GravityXheavy]

NPR this the truth gets in the way.