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Relieved Salman Rushdie is pulling through after Fridays nightmare, wrote Lakshmi on Twitter on August 14.
Worried and wordless, can finally exhale.
Now hoping for swift healing.
Lakshmi and Rushdie weremarried from 2004 to 2007.
Below, reactions to the attack on Rushdie and support for his recovery from the literary world and beyond.
Relieved@SalmanRushdieis pulling through after Fridays nightmare.
Worried and wordless, can finally exhale.
Now hoping for swift healing.
He has just been the victim of a cowardly attack by the forces of hatred and barbarism.
His fight is our fight; it is universal.
Now more than ever, we stand by his side.
What kind of asshat stabs a writer, anyway?
I’m trying to cheer myself up this afternoon.
What happened to Salman Rushdie preys on my mind.
I just learned that Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York.
I am really shocked.
I never thought it would happen.
He has been living in the West, and he has been protected since 1989.
If he is attacked, anyone who is critical of Islam can be attacked.
I’m shocked and distressed to see my friend@SalmanRushdiehas been attacked before a talk.
I pray for his recovery.
He is an essential voice and cannot be silenced.
Doug and I were appalled by the attack on author Salman Rushdie this week.
People should be able to share ideas without fearthe basis of any free and open society.
Violence and hate have no place.
I am keeping him in my thoughts and praying for his recovery.
We are all hoping he is okay.
