Attack on writer Rushdie cannot be termed right: Muslim cleric
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By PTI
LUCKNOW: Senior member of All-India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali on Saturday mentioned nobody has the fitting to take the regulation into his hand and the assault on controversial author Salman Rushdie cannot be termed as right.
The Mumbai-born controversial writer, who confronted Islamist dying threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old man on Friday whereas he was being launched at an occasion in Western New York within the US.
Mahali mentioned Prophet Mohammed at all times gave the message of peace. “Hence, the Muslims should take the path shown by Him,” he mentioned.
The chairman of the All-India Shia Personal Law Board Maulana, Saem Mehdi, mentioned, “Three decades ago Shia cleric and leader Ayatollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa against Rushdie. So, it would be inappropriate for any other member of the Shia community to give views on it.”
Rushdie was airlifted from a area adjoining to the venue to a hospital in northwestern Pennsylvania the place the 75-year-old author underwent surgical procedure.
The author has additionally received the Booker Prize for his novel “Midnight’s Children”. Rushdie was on a ventilator with a broken liver and will lose certainly one of his eyes.
LUCKNOW: Senior member of All-India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali on Saturday mentioned nobody has the fitting to take the regulation into his hand and the assault on controversial author Salman Rushdie cannot be termed as right.
The Mumbai-born controversial writer, who confronted Islamist dying threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old man on Friday whereas he was being launched at an occasion in Western New York within the US.
Mahali mentioned Prophet Mohammed at all times gave the message of peace. “Hence, the Muslims should take the path shown by Him,” he mentioned.
The chairman of the All-India Shia Personal Law Board Maulana, Saem Mehdi, mentioned, “Three decades ago Shia cleric and leader Ayatollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa against Rushdie. So, it would be inappropriate for any other member of the Shia community to give views on it.”
Rushdie was airlifted from a area adjoining to the venue to a hospital in northwestern Pennsylvania the place the 75-year-old author underwent surgical procedure.
The author has additionally received the Booker Prize for his novel “Midnight’s Children”. Rushdie was on a ventilator with a broken liver and will lose certainly one of his eyes.
