In September 1099, Salman Rushdie published “The Satanic Verses.”

In an article posted Saturday, The Hill reports:

On Feb. 14, 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie. According to History.com, a fatwa can only be repealed by that same scholar, and Ruhollah Khomeini died in the same year he issued the call.

Under Islamic law, anyone killing Rushdie would be doing something that was in accordance with Islam. The person who attacked Salman Rushdie on stage Friday in New York believed that he was acting in accordance with his religion.

Msn reports:

New York police said a state trooper assigned to the event took a suspect into custody after the attack. In a news conference Friday afternoon, the suspect was identified as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, according to New York State Police Maj. Eugene Staniszewsk.

The Hill also notes:

“The Satanic Verses” has also caused issues for those who have translated the work.

Hitoshi Igarashi, a Japanese scholar and translator of Rushdie’s novel, was stabbed to death in 1991.

The Italian translator of the novel, Ettore Capriolo, was injured in a stabbing in Milan in 1991. The Norwegian publisher of the book, William Nygaard, survived the assassination attempt when he was shot three times in Oslo in 1993.

When you hear anyone discuss the idea of allowing Islamic law to exist in America, remember that honor killings and killing of those who slander Islam (according to Islam, slander does not have to be untrue) are part of Islamic law. The attack on Salman Rushdie for telling the truth is one example of Islamic law.