This kind of behaviour is not related to us or our religion, no matter what the fundamentalists say.
I hope they punish the attacker(s) in harshest possible way! And that should be a lesson for anyone who attacks defenceless people.
Who gets to say what is done in the name of your religion? There are plenty of islamic clerics (of all stripes) who support these actions and there are many followers of these clerics who do the same. While your denunciation of these activities is commendable it does not mean all your fellows in Mohammed are in agreement. Where the Catholic church has a clearly defined leadership structure which gets to say what goes and what does not in the name of the church this is not the case for Islam nor is it the case for the various Christian Protestant denominations. The lack of a central leadership figure or council means that the denunciation of these activities has to come from the adherents of your religion - like you did here. It also means those adherents need to speak up in public about their denunciation and they need to pressure their leaders - of which there are many - to do the same. It is this what is lacking and it is this what has made it possible for Khomeini's fatwa to still be in force after decades. Speak up and speak loudly, have your mullahs and imams and other leaders do the same so that eventually the fatwa - and all similar fatwas - will be nullified. Until this happens, until those leaders clearly state that they denounce the actions of both those leaders which have called for such manhunts as well as those who heeded those calls it can not be said that those calls are not made in the name of your religion.
And fundamentalism is a misnomer when it comes to Islam because any deviation from fundamentals is violently opposed. It’s a religion that never moved away from fundamentals. It has never had any reform that secularised and drew power away from the clergy.
You are probably a good, kind person but when this happens to Rushdie or any blasphemer it represents exactly what unreformed Islam is.
I hope Mr. Rushdie makes a full recovery! He is a very brave man.
I love our Abrahamic brothers despite our differences. I will be praying for Mr Salmon Rushdie as well.
If lets say 100 people follow religion "X". The religious text says to "Love thy neighbour". After a century, 90 out of the 100 people turn violent on their neighbours. Can the 10 good people of the religion still use the argument that "this kind of behaviour is not related to our religion, no matter what the 90 people did" to defend their religion ?