Posted in: 13/08/2022 – 09:17
Among the most prominent topics covered by the French newspapers today, August 13, 2022, are several articles about the writer Suleiman Rushdie’s stabbing in the United States and topics about the situation in Afghanistan after a year of Taliban rule.
Liberation newspaper: Thirty years after the fatwa, Suleiman Rushdie is stabbed
Liberation daily says that writer and author Suleiman Rushdie had been subjected to a fatwa since 1989 because of his book “The Satanic Verses”, as he was seriously injured Friday during a conference in New York State.
The newspaper added that the police stated that the attacker was immediately arrested and identified as Hadi Matar, twenty-four years old, of unknown nationality, but residing in a town in (New Jersey) adjacent to New York City, where Rushdie resides, and that the police are seeking to coordinate with the FBI from In order to know the motives for the attack.
Liberation daily clarified that the writer Suleiman Rushdie was under very special security measures, especially in light of the threat that targeted him for decades.
In 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa against Rushdie because of the title of his novel The Satanic Verses, accusing him of attacking Islam.
Liberation quoted Susan Nossell, executive director of PEN America, a literary-humanitarian organization that promotes freedom of expression, that she had never thought such an incident would happen on American soil. Within hours of the incident, Salman had emailed her to help him find a safe place for Ukrainian writers. They need a safe haven from the dangers they face.
Le Figaro: In Lebanon, a bank robber is treated like a hero
The daily Le Figaro dealt with the subject of the bank robber who was receiving support from citizens during the process of holding hostages, a scene that occurred in the Hamra area, one of the main arteries in the capital, Beirut.
Sanaa tells Le Figaro newspaper, expressing her support and justification for Bassam al-Sheikh’s operation, saying, “Everyone knows that people close to the authority and bankers managed to get some of their money out while we are humiliated daily. It will not go so far as to resort to violence.
Le Figaro explained that since the beginning of the crisis in Lebanon, banks have fortified their branches with strong iron doors, and the entrances are systematically monitored and supervised by security personnel for fear of any abuses or confrontations.
And the French daily added that the bank robber Bassam Al-Sheikh was interrogated from nine in the evening until one in the morning, then the Lebanese prosecutor ordered his arrest, which angered his family. banking.
Le Figaro Journal: One year after the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s big leap back
The daily Le Figaro says that the Taliban movement has set the country back in light of its oppression of women and its complicity with terrorist movements.
Le Figaro daily reported that over the past year, Afghanistan has plunged into an economic crisis and a humanitarian catastrophe. Before August 15, 2021, the country was one of the poorest countries in the world as it did not have the capacity to produce and in the big cities the middle class was developing thanks to various international programs aimed at promoting education, research, creating business or even involving women in working life .
Le Figaro daily continued that after the Taliban seized power without the democratic process, major international bodies such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the US government, the main donor to Afghanistan, withdrew their financial aid. “Overnight, Afghanistan lost 40% of its GDP,” Ibrahim Buhais, a researcher with the International Crisis Group, tells Le Figaro.
Le Figaro explained that inflation and the impossibility of new rulers accessing the money of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, especially abroad, increased the paralysis in the country.
According to Human Rights Watch, ninety percent of Afghan families do not have enough to eat. A large part of the population suffers from acute malnutrition. The World Food Program also considers Afghanistan the most food-suffering country in the world.