Three days after the attack against Salman Rushdie, declarations in tribute to the writer continue to multiply around the globe. After Bernard-Henri Lévy, Isabelle Adjani or even Mylène Farmer, around thirty writers, writers, philosophers and polemicists greet the Swiss daily Time the career and action of the famous British writer, victim of a knife attack on Friday.
Salman Rushdie is “one of the most eminent, estimable and courageous examples of the fight against all forms of totalitarianism, dogmatism or fundamentalism, whether political, ideological or theological”, write Daniel Salvatore Schiffer, Edgar Morin and Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, who are among the signatories of this forum.
“To him, then, Salman Rushdie, this Voltaire of modern times, worthy heir to the illustrious Age of Enlightenment, noble and high-flying intellectual, our warmest, friendliest and fraternal thoughts”, launch the authors of the gallery, among them Luc Ferry. , Alexandre Jardin and Eric Naulleau.
Threatened since 1989
“His hypothetical crime, in the eyes of these religious fanatics from another age? Having been guilty, at the same time, of ‘blasphemy’ and ‘apostasy’”, criticize the signatories, who praise the novel Les Verses satanicos.
For this book, Salman Rushdie has been the subject of a fatwa from Iran since 1989. Currently hospitalized with serious injuries, the writer is “on the road to recovery,” his agent told US media on Sunday.
Salman Rushdie’s family said on Sunday they were “extremely relieved” that the British writer was no longer on life support and said his sense of humor remained “intact” despite the severity of his injuries.
“Therefore, we stand firmly and resolutely on the side of this universal symbol of freedom who is, in fact, Salman Rushdie.” the panel concludes.
Source: BFM TV
