Author of 'The Satanic Verses,' Salman Rushdie attacked on stage during a New York event. Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989 following death threats over his works. Iran Ayatollah Khomeini called for Rushdie's assassination branding his work 'blasphemous.'

Al Jazeera' Kristen Saloomey reports from New York.

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