People termed Dawkins' silence as an example of how Islamic terrorism operates because it manages to threaten even the wisest minds to shut up to ensure one's own safety.
Salman Rushdie had suffered severe knife injuries during the attack in New York last year. He has lost one eye and has taken months to recover from multiple nerve and muscle injuries.
Author Salman Rushdie is best known for ‘The Satanic Verses‘, a book that led to death threats from Islamists around the world, particularly from Iran in the 1980s.