ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan told the British edition of The Guardian. took his statement on in attack on controversial author Salman Rushdie”out of context”.
According to the publication, Imran condemned attack on The author of “Satanic Verses” and in an interview called it “terrible and sad.” The Guardian quotes him as saying that anger of The attitude of Muslims towards Rushdie’s book is understandable, but it should not be taken as an excuse. for about the attack, according to Geo News.
Comments of the PTI leader drew criticism from across the country. However, in recent statement released by PTI on Twitter Imran said he “talked about Islamic view on punishment for blasphemers.”
“I explained the matter in this context, former prime minister said, adding that he also gave examples of incident in Sialkot in context of in attack on Rushdie.
Imran was referring to the incident in Sialkot when Sri Lankan citizen Priyanta Kumara was lynched by a mob of hundreds of people. of protesters on December 3rd.
A week ago, Rushdie was going to be interviewed as part of of lecture series in upstate New York when a man burst onto the stage and stabbed 75-year- an old writer repeatedly in neck and abdomen.
Rushdie assault suspect, 24-year- Old Hadi Matar from New Jersey was knocked to the ground by staff and spectators before being taken into police custody. matar replied to grand Thursday’s jury indictment pleading not guilty to attempted murder and allegations of assault.
Meanwhile the Guardian world affairs editor Julian Borger in the tweet stated, “We didn’t misquote Imran Khan. We fully support our reporting of interview.
Khan himself does not say that we misquoted him, only that we took his remarks out of context but we have provided context as you can see in in story”.
