ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday claimed that his remarks in a British newspaper regarding the tried murder of Mumbai-born writer Salman Rushdie had been “taken out of context”.
Rushdie, 75, was stabbed by a 24-calendar year-outdated New Jersey resident determined as Hadi Matar, the US nationwide of Lebanese origin, on stage last 7 days although he was being released at a literary party of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York.
He suffered a few stab wounds to his neck, four stab wounds to his belly, puncture wounds to his ideal eye and upper body, and a laceration on his proper thigh, Chautauqua County District Lawyer Jason Schmidt explained through the suspect’s arraignment.
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Khan condemned the knife assault on Rushdie, proclaiming that the anger of Muslims towards the author was comprehensible but didn’t justify the assault.
“I consider it is horrible, unhappy,” Imran instructed the publication in a remark on the violent assault that set Rushdie on a ventilator.
On the other hand, the formal Twitter account for the Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman (PTI), clarified that Imran’s statement was “taken out of context”, and that he had refused to go to a seminar in India in 2012 because Rushdie was also invited, The Categorical Tribune newspaper noted.
“In the job interview, I described the Islamic method of punishing blasphemers,” he claimed.
The PTI main taken care of that he had offered the case in point of the Sialkot tragedy and experienced spoken of Rushdie in a equivalent context. Imran was referring to the brutal lynching of a Sri Lankan guy in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations, the report mentioned.
“Rushdie understood due to the fact he came from a Muslim spouse and children. He knows the really like, regard, and reverence of the prophet that lives in our hearts. He knew that. So, the anger I recognized, but you are unable to justify what took place,” the PTI main had mentioned earlier in his interview with The Guardian.
Rushdie, who was born in India to a Muslim Kashmiri household, has lived with a bounty on his head and invested 9 years in hiding under British law enforcement defense.
Rushdie’s fourth e book ‘The Satanic Verses’, released in 1988, compelled him into hiding for 9 years.
The late Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused Rushdie of blasphemy around the guide and in 1989 issued a fatwa in opposition to him, contacting for his loss of life. Rushdie’s composing has led to dying threats from Iran, which has available a USD 3 million reward for anyone who kills him.
Rushdie, 75, was stabbed by a 24-calendar year-outdated New Jersey resident determined as Hadi Matar, the US nationwide of Lebanese origin, on stage last 7 days although he was being released at a literary party of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York.
He suffered a few stab wounds to his neck, four stab wounds to his belly, puncture wounds to his ideal eye and upper body, and a laceration on his proper thigh, Chautauqua County District Lawyer Jason Schmidt explained through the suspect’s arraignment.
In an interview with The Guardian newspaper, Khan condemned the knife assault on Rushdie, proclaiming that the anger of Muslims towards the author was comprehensible but didn’t justify the assault.
“I consider it is horrible, unhappy,” Imran instructed the publication in a remark on the violent assault that set Rushdie on a ventilator.
On the other hand, the formal Twitter account for the Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman (PTI), clarified that Imran’s statement was “taken out of context”, and that he had refused to go to a seminar in India in 2012 because Rushdie was also invited, The Categorical Tribune newspaper noted.
“In the job interview, I described the Islamic method of punishing blasphemers,” he claimed.
The PTI main taken care of that he had offered the case in point of the Sialkot tragedy and experienced spoken of Rushdie in a equivalent context. Imran was referring to the brutal lynching of a Sri Lankan guy in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations, the report mentioned.
“Rushdie understood due to the fact he came from a Muslim spouse and children. He knows the really like, regard, and reverence of the prophet that lives in our hearts. He knew that. So, the anger I recognized, but you are unable to justify what took place,” the PTI main had mentioned earlier in his interview with The Guardian.
Rushdie, who was born in India to a Muslim Kashmiri household, has lived with a bounty on his head and invested 9 years in hiding under British law enforcement defense.
Rushdie’s fourth e book ‘The Satanic Verses’, released in 1988, compelled him into hiding for 9 years.
The late Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused Rushdie of blasphemy around the guide and in 1989 issued a fatwa in opposition to him, contacting for his loss of life. Rushdie’s composing has led to dying threats from Iran, which has available a USD 3 million reward for anyone who kills him.
