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Uniindia: New Delhi, Aug 13 (UNI) Salman Rushdie, literally the "midnights child" draws a close relation to his most celebrated title - being born in 1947, when India too announced her "tryst with destiny".

Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator, cannot speak, and will likely lose an eye, after the novelist was stabbed up to 15 times on Friday by a suspect police identified as a man from New Jersey.

Salman Rushdie attack: The 75-year-old writer remains on a ventilator after being airlifted to the hospital and undergoing hours of surgery following the attack in New York state.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations raised concerns that people might rush to blame Muslims or Islam after the author was stabbed at an event in New York.

Hitoshi Igarashi, who translated “The Satanic Verses,” was fatally stabbed at a university near Tokyo where he taught Islamic culture. The crime remains unsolved.

On his social media accounts, Hadi Matar, the attacker, expressed viewpoints sympathetic to the cause of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard

A fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie in 1989 over his book 'The Satanic Verses.' But what is a fatwa and how has it affected his life and career?

Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and unable to speak after being stabbed on stage in the US, his agent says.

After facing years of controversy over his book, famed novelist Salman Rushie remains hospitalized after a stabbing attack left him with serious injuries. CTVNews.ca has a look at his life and why his work has prompted years of death threats.

The Satanic Verses was such a controversial hit upon publication that it while it was getting banned in some countries (like India), it was getting translated for people to read in other countries. And in the 1990s, four translators were targeted.