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‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie [author of The Satanic Verses] says his survival in knife attack was a miracle
The Guardian ^ | April 15 | Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and media correspondent

Posted on 04/15/2024 5:41:27 AM PDT by RandFan

Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’ on the day he was attacked

Salman Rushdie has revealed an abiding sense that his survival after a brutal knife attack two years ago was a miracle, in spite of his lack of spiritual faith. “I do feel that something happened that was not supposed to happen and I have no explanation for it,” Rushdie said this weekend before the publication of Knife, his account of the incident.

“I certainly don’t feel that some hand reached down from the sky and guarded me,” but it still presents a contradiction, he admits, “for one who doesn’t believe.”

Reading from his new memoir during an American television interview for the 60 Minutes show, Rushdie, 76, describes his assailant as “a squat missile” coming in at him “hard and low” in black, “the last thing my right eye would ever see”.

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To: TStro

I hope your testimony gave some peace to the Baptist preacher and his family.


21 posted on 04/15/2024 8:08:52 AM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: TStro

Your story truly touched my heart. Tell everyone you can my friend. Thank you Lord for miracles.


22 posted on 04/17/2024 12:59:00 PM PDT by Ferndina
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