‘The Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death.

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