The India-born author, a naturalised American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses' was declared blasphemous by Iran's supreme leader.
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During a literary festival in Germany, Rushdie made the remark while he was presenting his new novel, "Knife," which describes the knife incident that occurred on the author in 2022. The novelist also criticized the anti-Israel student demonstrations, calling Hamas a "fascist terrorist group"