Salman Rushdie Stabbed
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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’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 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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Author Salman Rushdie attacked before lecture on New York stage, suspect in custodySalman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.WorldAug 12, 2022
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