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on june, 3rd, 1989 ayatollah khomeini died in tehran, leaving the fatwas in place. his successor, ayatollah khomeini declared, it is incumbent on every muslim to employ every thing he has to send salman rushdie to hell. even if it means sacrificing his life. oh, death sentence against solomon rusty pronounced a year ago by our tools hominy has been reaffirm by his successor, ayatollah ali hummer. nay. iran's religious leader referred to the british writer mister rusty as the author of the blasphemous book, the satanic verses. they found that islamic fanatics continue to pursue salman rushdie, the author of the satanic verses condemned to death by khomeini. he's in hiding somewhere in england, protected by scotland yard, got on his translators, have also become targets. we've all seen a 1st attack took place earlier in the week in italy, and the 2nd one has now occurred in japan at what level it was she ya ship latasha . you got ashi, an expert on islam, and professor at the university of his upa was found dead this morning in front of an elevator near his offering l

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on june, 3rd, 1989 ayatollah khomeini died in tehran, leaving the fatwas in place. his successor, ayatollah khomeini declared, it is incumbent on every muslim to employ every thing he has to send salman rushdie to hell. even if it means sacrificing his life. oh, death sentence against solomon rusty pronounced a year ago by our tools hominy has been reaffirm by his successor, ayatollah ali hummer. nay. iran's religious leader referred to the british writer mister rusty as the author of the blasphemous book, the satanic verses. they found that islamic fanatics continue to pursue salman rushdie, the author of the satanic verses condemned to death by khomeini. he is in hiding somewhere in england, protected by scotland yard, got on his translators, have also become targets. we foresee a 1st attack took place earlier in the week in italy, and a 2nd one has now occurred in japan that what was general it was she ja ship latasha, you got ashi, an expert on islam, and professor at the university of zucker was found dead this morning in front of an elevator near his office, a

iran's then spiritual leader ayatollah khamenei issued a fatwa or death threat against a novelist inis fourth novel the satanic verses. they have been mass protests by muslims across the world against a book inspired by the life of the prophet muhammad. salman went into hiding for ten years, burned in effigy from the streets of islamabad to london. in recent years, so salman has been a more visible presence after the iranian government distanced itself from the fatwa. what happened today is a stark reminder that the threat of violence never went away. bbc news. my violence never went away. bbc news. my colleague has more from new york. we have precious little information in terms of the condition. we heard from the governor _ in terms of the condition. we heard from the governor of _ in terms of the condition. we heard from the governor of new- in terms of the condition. we heard from the governor of new york - from the governor of new york earlier saying that he had been airlifted to hospital and then as you pointed out, his agent has been updating members of the media saying that h

iran's then spiritual leader, ayatollah _ adult life.en spiritual leader, ayatollah khamenei, | adult life. iran's then spiritual| leader, ayatollah khamenei, if adult life. iran's then spiritual- leader, ayatollah khamenei, if the day fatwa against a novelist in 1989 of the publication of his fourth novel, the satanic verses stop there had been mass protest by muslims across the world against a book inspired by the life of the prophet muhammad. he went into hiding for ten years, burned in effigy in the streets of his lover back to london. in recent is, he has been visible presence after the reigning government distanced itself from the patois put up what happened today is a stark reminder that threat of violence never went away. let's cross to our north america correspondent, john sudworth, in washington. this is a developing story, but what more do we know about the attack?— story, but what more do we know about the attack? there has been a reaction, about the attack? there has been a reaction. as — about the attack? there has been a r

attack this, ayatollah khomeini didn't even read the novel.this poor man has been under attack every since 1988 is disgraceful. and i do not believe that what is happening now is a coincidence. it's clearly tied directly to iran. >> kayleigh: harris, we don't have the motive of the attacker. iran denied responsibility but we would expect them to do so. the headline, that his suspect had contact with the revolutionary guard, we're await the facts on this. >> harris: when we talk loosely about motive, what we mean is if this was a command-and-control situation, if you worked with anybody, if he had a manifesto. but i think the motive was to kill. you don't stab people that many times unless you want to kill them. it's not a light attack, it's a brutal one. and the fatwa you mentioned, the $3 million, besides praise from the iranian leaders and the ayatollah khomeini, is there some sort of half-and-half? you name the guy, you change forever, so here's a million and a half? what is a fatwa like and is this just the beginning of what we are going t

satanic verses, published in 1988, was condemned as blasphemous by the then supreme ruler of iran, ayatollahhe fatwa, or religious ruling, was accompanied by a bounty in exchange for his death. now a country that holds free speech in such high regard is contemplating the shocking sight of the author, wounded for his work, being wheeled into hospital. video footage shows a man taken into custody by police shortly after the attack. john sudworth, bbc news, washington. with me is our reporter azadeh moshiri. what more do we know? we have an u date what more do we know? we have an update from — what more do we know? we have an update from his _ what more do we know? we have an update from his condition, - an update from his condition, from his literary agent, andrew wylie, who released a statement before 7pm on friday new york time. it reads: also added that salman rushdie, at 75 years old, is on a ventilator. the police have released the name of the suspect. while they did reiterate they do not know the motive of the attack and that nationality of the suspect right now, his name is hadi matar,

it was when iran's supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, the father of the islamic revolution in iran,ssued a fatwa, a legal decree by a religious leader, for the execution of salman rushdie. as well as that of anyone involved with the book and he also added a $3 million bounty on that execution. what effect did that fatwa have on salman rushdie? well, the fatwa itself ended up forcing him to go into hiding. he faced 30 years of death threats as a result of it. and it had serious consequences. even though in the late 1990s, iranian governments tried to distance themselves from it, certainly president khatami did, but the current supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, upheld it, and he tweeted about the fatwa and salman rushdie and it led to serious consequences, notjust for salman rushdie, a norwegian publisher was attacked, shot in the late 1990s, he survived. an italian translator was stabbed in his apartment in milan and ajapanese translator was killed as a result of this from stabbing. and so while salman rushdie ended up coming out of hiding, continuing his works, becoming a huge adv

a year after the book was published, a ron's late liter ayatollah khomeini issued a fatwas calling for rusty's death. and just a short while ago the governor of new york gave a statement saying that salman rushdie was alive and in a hospital. it is heartbreaking to learn that within the last hour, a prominent individual, salman rushdie was attacked on a stage in western york. jesse for he was about to give a speech, he is alive, he is a then transport near lifted to safety. but here's an individual who has spent decades ah, speaking truth to power. someone who's been out there on afraid, despite the threats that have followed him, his entire adult life, it seems as get the latest from our washington bureau chief, even as paul, who joins me now in as what more can you tell us? well we know that the attack happened. those are on 2 11 am eastern time invest in or yoga 75 year old author was just to or had just come on stage or in this in fear of theater where he wanted to deliver his speech. when this men ran towards him and stabbed him a couple of times, some eye witnesses are talking ab

leg grand ayatollah assist. annie is the very for the old, almost old. she to people in iraq. he the look up at him and they listen to his instructions. remember, he was the gods father of the 2016 formation of the paramilitary units known as the popular mobilization forces and by the.

satanic verses, published in 1988, was condemned as blasphemous by the then supreme ruler of iran, ayatollah, or religious ruling, was accompanied by a bounty in exchange for his death. now, a country that holds free speech in such high regard is contemplating the shocking sight of the author, wounded for his work, being wheeled into hospital. video footage shows a man taken into custody by police shortly after the attack. john sudworth, bbc news, washington. the new york state police say they have confirmed the identity of the attacker. the suspect has been identified as hadi matar, age 2a from fairview newjersey. earlier today at approximately 10:47am guest speaker salman rushdie, age 75 and ralph henry reese, age 73 had just arrived on stage at the institution. shortly there after the suspect jumped onto the stage and attacked mr salman rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. just to bring you in update. we've been hearing from salman rushdie's agent saying salman rushdie's agent saying salman rushdie isn't surgery. according to reuters agency the

they are wedded to this policy, the ayatollah smell weakness in this white house.y: speaking of country not weak, sometimes take matters in their own hands, israel made it clear, they are not bound by this agreement, they will do what they need do to protect themselves, where do you think that united states will land if israel decided, close is too close when it comes to iran and a nuk nuclear weapon. >> israeli prime minister saying publicly that the only way he believes and that israeli intelligence believe thairiranians would not get a fully operational nuke could if they believe we and israel -- fully take it out. if iran getting a nuke, the middle east will explode in a nuclear arms race,o only thing that ayatollah will respect at-this-point is strength, if they believe we'll support israel in taking it out, but instead the administration is look at a deal that would unleash 7 billion to allow them to sell 50 million barrels of oil, making them more flush with cash, we're about to lift sanctions on the ayatollah himself their circle and banks, this cash will g

no wonder, not a surprise, that federation of the ayatollah was used too created the bureaucratic state as we see in iran. it's not the only. the shiite do not agree with that model but there is a potential. .. >> thank you, i am afraid we have run out of time and i want to thank you both for joining us today. you have written a very important book and i look forward to seeing more about it in different parts of the world, i apologize to all the audience members who ask questions but we didn't have time to get through all of them. this program will be put up at the cato institute and archive forms, you can go back and see that and we look forward to seeing all of

however there are other problems there and then the unquestioned authority of the ayatollah. as i said in my book, when to give all of the moral authority the ayatollah to the great leader. that also prevented could have nbeen better. and no wonder, not a surprise that generation of the ayatollah was used to create a graphic state is seen is not the only expression do not agree with that model. here's a potential model. best buy both today rick scholars started working on his issues. i put in my book i read and learn from them. i'm just trying to highlight the most burning issues reaping them to move forward both traditions of islam. thank you mustafa akyol i am afraid we have run out of time. to thank both mustafa akyol and doctor miles for joining us today. then what you have written what i consider a very important and i look forward to seeing more about in different parts of the world i apologize to all the audience members ask questions but we just did not have time to get to alden. this program will be put on our webpage at the cato institute and archive form. you canan

but did say, "i respect the ayatollah. i think he's a great person." and while he admitted he only "read like two pages" of the book, he did say he watched his lectures onlin and accused the 75-year-old of being "someone who attacked islam." matar has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. he's expected in court on friday. david? >> all right, eva pilgrim with us tonight. eva, thank you. >>> now to a troubling new discovery at lake mead, as we continue to report on the why mat crisis. tonight, authorities are trying to identify now a fifth set of skeletal remains. the call coming in this week of this newest discovery, found because water levels have fallen to historic lows. lake mead is the largest reservoir on the colorado river and our chief national correspondent matt gutman back on this tonight on this new discovery. >> reporter: the ever-receding waterskeead vealg yet another grim find. park rangers and a police dive team recovering a set of human remains tuesday. >> they've been finding bodies. i feel like every week or so.it. >> reporter: they

the security from the security forces, mahmoud used, you spoke about the expectation of the grand ayatollah intervening. many a waiting for him into being a, for those not so familiar about the various leadership aspects of iraq. tell us a bit more about who he is and what he means to be rocky people. and is it surprising that we haven't heard from him yet? well, leg grand ayatollah assist annie is the very, for the old, almost old. she to people in iraq. he the look up at him and they listen to his instructions. remember, he was the gods father of the 2016 formation of the part of military units known as the popular mobilization forces. and by the way, many of them are still at no additional and some of them are even accused of taking part of this going on military confrontations. so many people say that he, since old mediations have failed to put an end to this escalation, since all efforts have failed to bridge the gap between conflicting grey factions, then that only hope now is it directly to the grunt. it's a lie. this is danny. the grand major reference of a people in, in nature, cit

a year after the book was published, iran late leader, the ayatollah khomeini issued a fortune, calling her rusty's data. going to speak more to our washington bureau chief for more on this story later. for now though, let's go to ukraine and the head of the un nuclear watchdog has warned of a grave crisis unfolding at this operation nuclear power plants. he was addressing an emergency session of the un security council as moscow and keith trade accusations of new showing near the nuclear facility and fighting in the area, continues the u. n. is back, the u. s. is back in calls for a demilitarized safe zone around was operational plants. ukraine says that russia has turned the site into a military base for launching attacks. stefan you, her is a lecturer on radiation protection at our w t h r in university in germany. and i earlier asked him how concerned we should be about the shelling app is operation nuclear power plants. well, 1st of all, i mean it's horrible the war into creating a direct involvement of a nuclear power plant are no direct danger to the life of the people in germany

satanic verses, published in 1988, was condemned as blasphemous by the then supreme ruler of iran, ayatollahini. the fatwa, or religious ruling, was accompanied by a bounty in exchange for his death. now, a country that holds free speech in such high regard is contemplating the shocking sight of the author, wounded for his work, being wheeled into hospital. video footage shows a man taken into custody by police shortly after the attack. john sudworth, bbc news, washington. breaking news a statement from new york police, state police played in jamestown in the last hour. this is in update in which they confirmed the identity of the attacker and also more about what went on. the susect also more about what went on. the suspect has — also more about what went on. tue: suspect has been also more about what went on. tte: suspect has been i densify, age 24 suspect has been i densify, age 2a from fairview newjersey. earlier today at approximately 10:47am just speaker salman rushdie age 75 in ralph henry reese age 73 had just arrived on stage at the institution put up shortly there after the suspect

the satanic verses was denounced by the iranian liter, ayatollah hala khomeini. many considered the book blasphemous in its portrayal of the prophet mohammed. but even before khomeini's ruling, it had sparked protest and been banned. in several countries, a bounty of $3000000.00 was offered to anyone that would kill the dish author. but even as rushed, you was being burned and apogee. he was celebrate in the west and later nighted by great brin, many in the city did not believe that it amounted to an act of blasphemy, nor indeed did many in the world believed that he deserved to die for it. but those voices of moderation, and indeed those voices are more just ation well crushed. more recently, russia could often be seen at public events. the lecture was expected to focus on the role of the united states as a home for free expression and an asylum for writers and other artist and exile. christian, silly me, al jazeera, new york, true to pass easy executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible stake craft. he says, the motivations of the attack ar

sunday times accused liberals of over 30 years having worked as the de facto accomplices of the ayatollahmantling speech. what do you make of that? sorry, i think that's rubbish, as henry said. it's not just liberals. every side is using... wanting... well, i disagree. but also i thinkjust to throw out something at the very end, what is most worrying to me is how difficult it is to know what we hear is true and what is not the moment. that speech itself has become notjust contested, but unreliable. and that is to me almost more worrying than attacks. i hope we do come together a few weeks on. thank you all and thank you very much for your company. dateline is back at the same time next week and i would just try to say remember that magic word we all sometimes forget, empathy. goodbye. hello. a fine end to the day for many of us, but a bit of rain in the forecast, too, particularly in the north. but on the whole this evening and overnight, at least for most of us, it is going to be dry with clear spells. so, let's have a look at the forecast, then. here's the big picture, and in the last f

iran's grand ayatollah khomeini had called for rushdie's death more than 30 years ago. rushdie's 1988 book "the satanic verses" considered by some muslims to be insulting to islam. in tehran tonight, this man saying he was so glad because the insult rushdie made against our prophet, and the fatwa issued against him finally worked. investigators do not know at this point, whether the ayatollah's prior call to assassinate rushdie was a motivating factor in friday's attack. >> mola joining us now from outside the hospital where rushdie is being treated. mola, has there been any reaction from the iranian regime to this attack? >> reporter: no specific comments. we have heard from news outlets with close ties to the regime. one newspaper writing the attacker was courageous and another one running with the headline "satan on the path to inferno." mary? >> mola, thank you. >>> turning now to the recent detection of the polio virus in new york city waste water. officials warning it could spread among the unvaccinated. abc's phil lipof reports from new york. >> reporter: tonight

investigators do not know at this point to what extent the ayatollah's prior calls to assassinate rushdie played as a motivating factor in the attack, but investigators are still trying to determine whether this attacker acted alone. >> critical to make that determination. thank you. >>> we turn now to ukraine and the exodus from the area near the country's largest nuclear plant. families with small children, part of a convoy of vehicles fleeing the fighting as shelling intensifies around the plant. crews are using handheld devices to monitor radiation after renewed fears of a nuclear catastrophe. >> tonight, the white house is blasting a just released republican report on the u.s. pullout from afghanistan. republicans blame bad decision making and poor planning for the deaths of 13 americans in kabul last year. it's been nearly a year since the fall of kabul to the taliban. the country is now in crisis. more than half of the families are going hungry. abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is in afghanistan when the taliban took over and he's back again tonight. >> tonight, almost

sunday times accused liberals of over 30 years having worked as the de facto accomplices of the ayatollahh. what do you make of that? sorry, i think that's rubbish, as henry said. it's not just liberals. every side is using... wanting... i disagree. but also i thinkjust to throw out something at the very end, what is most worrying to me is how difficult it is to know what we hear is true and what is not the moment. that speech itself has become notjust contested, but unreliable. and that is to me almost more worrying than attacks. i hope we do come together a few weeks on. thank you all and thank you very much for your company. dateline is back at the same time next week and i would just try to say remember that magic word we all sometimes forget, empathy. goodbye. hello there. for many, this weekend shaped up to be a tale of two halves. the north of england on saturday was cloudy, grey and wet with a couple of inches of rain falling. but on sunday, just take a look at leeds, just shy of 13 hours of sunshine here. i suspect there's going to be more rain in the forecast, however, today, wi

sunday times accused liberals of over 30 years having worked as the de facto accomplices of the ayatollahismantling speech. what do you make of that? sorry, i think that's rubbish, as henry said. it's not just liberals. every side is using... wanting... i disagree. but also i thinkjust to throw out something at the very end, what is most worrying to me is how difficult it is to know what we hear is true and what is not at the moment. that speech itself has become not just contested, but unreliable. and that is to me almost more worrying than attacks. i hope we do come together a few weeks on. thank you all and thank you very much for your company. dateline is back at the same time next week and i would just try to say remember that magic word we all sometimes forget, empathy. goodbye. hello. some of us are getting to see some sunshine today, but the best of that during the afternoon is likely to be found across the northern half of the uk. furthersouth, more in the way of cloud. and whether you find yourself in a cloudy zone or a sunnier zone, there is the potentialfor some showers at tim

so either it's not a full resending of the fact because the phosphor belongs to the ayatollah cannot be rescinded by the state, according to iranian practices. but they took this distance thing from it, as part of a pre condition for the iranians and the united kingdom to restore diplomatic relations. and ever since that picture against my rescue seems to have decreased quite significant, but clearly not enough because there's also been other group, as you mentioned already, wrong that have been advocating or is that there's still been elements inside of the iranian state. that nevertheless, are speaking of that as well as if it is still will be part of the volume state policy. he lived in hiding for many years and he had a body guard. the other thing that was mentioned at the press conference just now was that there was a security presence at this event that that was, it was a sheriff and state troopers present present, which is one of the reasons why they were able to apprehend the suspect. and why someone where she was and very swiftly i left it hospital, but does it, does it surp

rita, ayatollah ha ha maney called for his death over is 988 novel, the satanic versus people later described that shock at witnessing the attack. may all human came and attacked. salman rushdie, i thought that he was stabbed about 6 to 8 times before they were able to grab a hold of the perpetrator. and then i was pretty much frozen in my steps and took quite a few minutes to even just get myself to a seat to sit down because it was just, nobody knew it. still, nobody knew how to react. i mean, there were tons of people rushed the stage. here is an individual who is so spent decades ah, speaking truth to power. someone who's been out there on afraid, despite the threats that have followed him, his entire adult life, it seems. and it happened at his site that is a place it's very familiar to me, a very tranquil, rural community known as chautauqua to talk with institution, where the most preeminent speakers and thought leaders and politicians justices. and everyone come together to have the free expression of thought. so this is a place ideal ideally suited for him to be able to speak. and th

after a ron's former supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, called for his death. some muslims see his writing is blasphemous. a 24 year old suspect is facing charges of assault and attempted murder. salman rushdie was flown to hospital for urgent surgery following the attack. is agent says he was stabbed in the liver at nerves, severed in his arm, and will likely lose an eye. witnesses say rusty's attacker stabbed him 10 to 15 times before members of the audience grabbed him and restrained him. medical doctors attending the event gave a rusty, life saving 1st aid. the audience had been waiting for a lecture by the author to begin, when a man appeared from the back of the stage bundle in the personal info numbers, only a person entered. and we thought he was arranging his microphone or something like that. it happened so fast, so what am i know is here then we entered from the right hand side and started stabbing him several times. so the 1st one was here by the neck. blood started coming out. salman rushdie got up, i'm wrong for his life. already. all but blue pol

a year after the book was published, iran late liter ayatollah khomeini issued a phosphor, calling for rusty's death. and i wanna get the latest on this story from our washington bureau chief in as paul. you know, what more can you tell us about this? well, the longer mister rushed, he had just come on stage and was seated in a chair. as a staff member introduced him and the assailant rushed to the stage and assaulted the author. or by now, we don't know anything about possible motifs. eye witnesses say, however, that there was only one attacker who was dressed in black. we also know that the man got arrested by the police and that medical staff and police were immediately there and brought mr. rusty to a nearby hospital by helicopter. but as for now, we don't have any further details about his medical condition and tell us a bit more about salman rushdie and the history around the fought. why that was issued against him. well, are some in russia spend about 10 years under police protection, living and hiding actually after i had to lock hominy of iran, called for his execution in 1989

. >> it was issued in 1989 just a few months before ayatollah humany died. and it was reaction to salman r rushdie's book. it was a tragedy because he died and the fatwa could never be lifted, never be resolved. the iranians negotiated ten years later with britain where rushdie was a citizen and the president of iran or former at the time said we should consider the rushdie affair completely finished. but this has been a subject of the debate between iranian reformers and hard liners ever since. and just last week the iranian media, the hard line media once again invoked that fatwa and call for rushdie's death, so the timing of the attack is very interesting. >> and it's being praised in iran now? >> yes, the reaction in hard line media was immediate. the paper close to ayatollah homani, the supreme leader, immediately praised the attacker as a brave and conscientious person. >> and many thanks to robin wright for that analysis. now fears are growing about the possibility of a nuclear incident after the shelling of ukraine's zaporizhzhia power plant. still t

the ayatollah khomeini called him and offered $3 million for anyone to kill rushdie. we are waiting to hear from the sheriff's department and will bring more on this news when it comes. we are awaiting the release of more from the unprecedented raid -- it is expected to come in the next few hours as attorney general mary garland finally breaks his silence reviewing that he personally approved the warrant from the fbi and mar-a-lago. president trump said he wanted the words to be public, saying "release the documents now." meanwhile, new reports are emerging on what exactly they were working for. "the washington post" said -- live with the latest. >> former president trump says that the nuclear story isn't real, there's no truth. he said he wants to release the documents, it's up to his attorney, and if they release them, they may do it by today. we know that this is an unusual move to see an attorney general publicly talk about the ongoing case, but this is an unusual circumstance. there is no doubt in that involving the former president. >> first, i personally approv

he has been under a fatwa or an order, like a bounty in a sense, issued by ayatollah khamenei. >> theyear-old from new jersey, the man charged with stabbing salman rushdie on stage at last week's literary event, continued to plead not guilty. he appeared in handcuffs and a prison uniform with a mask on and was very quiet. he just said yes once to acknowledge the judge. however, whave been hearing much more from him in an interview he gave to "the new york post" from his prison cell. surprised that rushdie had survived the attack and said he did not like rushdie. he said, "i don't think he's a very good person. he's someone who attacked islam." he said he saw a rushdie would be speaking in a tweet that was posted last year and decided to go to the event that would not say if he was actually following that fatwa you mention. he did, however, praise the late iranian leader ayatollah khamenei, who issued that fatwa and said that he thought how many -- thought khamenei was a "great men." >> wildfires are blazing now along algeria's coast towards the border with two easier. experts say the

a year after the book was published the wrongs supreme leader at the time, the ayatollah khomeini issued a fatwas calling for the death of salman rushdie. hundreds of people were in the audience when rusty was attacked. one of them was charles 7 or here's what he saw. they, i sat down and then with within 15 seconds someone jumped up to the stage and began to beat him. and then i think the assailant had him on the floor ah, with ins. second, security had run up to the stage to help him, and then people began to exit and within 3 minutes, there was an announcement that every one should evacuate the outside empty theatre . i can tell you that the, the pounding that he took on that stage as reverberated, i, ah, amongst the people who were there in attendance amongst this really quaint to up, ah, you know, community ah, and is now reverberating unfortunately throughout the country. and, you know, throughout the world that was, i witnessed there. here's what the new york governor said after the attack. well, it is heartbreaking to learn that within the last hour, a prominent in vidual salman

your answer, supreme leader, ayatollah khomeini, issued a death sentence against him, or by his 1988. no. well the satanic versus police holding a 24 year old man, solomon rusty was taken to hospital for urgent surgery following the attack. his agent says he's been stabbed in the liver, head nerve 17 and will likely lose an eye. witnesses say, rush, these attack is stab him 10 to 15 times before members of the audience grabbed him and restrained him. several mid, all doctors attending the event gave rusty, lifesaving 1st aid. the audience had been waiting for an interview with salman rushdie. when a man appeared from the back of the stage. uncle and the person then close at only a person, a man entered and we thought he was arranging his microphone or something like that . it happened so fast. he entered from the left hand side from the right hand side and started stabbing him several times. yes, this is the 1st one was here by the neck in blood started coming out of salman rushdie got up and round for his life for real. but our blue yellow police have identified his attacker and beli

the grand ayatollah issued a fatwa that recruited a large number of iraqis to fight isis on behalf ofhe state. it's that kind of magnitude before they can they can intervene. but also, i would suggest that normally the margie is seeing its role as ethical, not political or more ethical than political, more religious and theological and jurisprudential than actually political. when they intervene, they want a clear cut differentiation between right and wrong. so they can throw their moral weight behind what they see as right and the margin since 2011 has not seen any side of iraqi disputes be worthy of their of their weight to be behind them and and their support. so they closed their doors in face of all iraqi politicians, and they basically decided not to put their their weight behind anyone because that would intervene or that would contravene actually their position, which is they are not going to support someone who's being right and being on on the right side. is that clear? so, these are the two elements that keep standing out. however, if we see that there is an existential thr