Salman Rushdie suffered severe, life-changing injuries but his 'usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact', his family has said.
Mr Rushdie is an internationally acclaimed author who was born in India to non-practising Muslim parents.
The book was condemned by some Muslims who found the plot around the protagonist - who had striking parallels with the Prophet Muhammad - to be highly offensive and blasphemous. Ultra-conservative newspaper Kayhan, whose chief is appointed by current supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote: "Bravo to this courageous and duty-conscious man who attacked the apostate and depraved Salman Rushdie in New York."
The magazine had published drawings of Prophet Muhammad that drew furious reactions from Muslims worldwide. The fatwa failed to stifle Mr Rushdie's writing and inspired his memoir "Joseph Anton," named after his alias while in hiding and written in the third person.Global leaders voiced anger over the attack and support for Rushdie, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying the author "embodied freedom" and that "his battle is ours, a universal one."
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