Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie lost sight in eye after August attack, agent saysThe attack came 33 years after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, calling on Muslims to assassinate Rushdie.WorldOct 23, 2022
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Authors, friends rally for Salman Rushdie a week after New York attackFriends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie's behalf Friday in New York, one week after he was attacked onstage and hospitalized with stab wounds.WorldAug 19, 2022
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Salman Rushdie attacker denied bail, lawyers barred from speaking to mediaA grand jury has indicted Hadi Matar who stabbed Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York on Aug. 12WorldAug 18, 2022
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Salman Rushdie’s attacker ‘surprised’ to learn author survived stabbingHadi Matar told the New York Post he had been planning to travel to see Rushdie since last winter, but wouldn't say if he was following Iran's fatwa on the controversial author.WorldAug 17, 2022
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Police investigating ‘online threat’ to J.K. Rowling over Salman Rushdie tweetRowling, 57, tweeted that she was "feeling very sick right now" in response to Friday's stabbing attack that hospitalized Salman RushdieEntertainmentAug 15, 2022
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Salman Rushdie attack: Iran denies involvement, lays blame on authorAn Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, though he justified the stabbing.CrimeAug 15, 2022
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Quebec writers react to Salman Rushdie attackQuebec writers are reacting to the attack on author Salman Rushdie, calling the stabbing horrific and arguing that it is much more dangerous to voice an opinion.CanadaAug 14, 2022
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Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ 2 days after New York attack: agent`The Satanic Verses'' author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.CrimeAug 14, 2022
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Salman Rushdie attack prompts Canadian literary figures to double down on free speechCanadian writers, publishers and literary figures doubled down on the right to freedom of thought and expression on Saturday following Salman Rushdie's attack.CanadaAug 13, 2022
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Salman Rushdie attack is ‘a strike on freedom of expression’: Trudeau"No one should be threatened or harmed on the basis of what they have written. I’m wishing him a speedy recovery," Trudeau tweeted on Saturday.CanadaAug 13, 2022
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