World Akkam: Salman Rushdie Health Update: Author of Ventilator Reported Likely to Lose Eyes, Liver Stabbed and Damaged
"Ambassador Mark Wallace, CEO of the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), said his thoughts and prayers are with Rushdie and his family after the 'pointless' attacks on his life.
'Rushdie is a free speech advocate and has lived under the threat of assassination since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, issued a fatwa against him in 1989. A supporter of terrorism, Rushdie has refused to be intimidated.His courage and commitment to his values should be applauded in this difficult moment.'"
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.