The Satanic Verses

• Authors, friends rally for Salman Rushdie a week after New York attack

  Friends 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.

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  Aug 19, 2022
  
• Salman Rushdie attacker denied bail, lawyers barred from speaking to media

  A 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. 12

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  Aug 18, 2022
  
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• Salman Rushdie attack: Iran denies involvement, lays blame on author

  An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, though he justified the stabbing.

  Crime

  Aug 15, 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.

  Crime

  Aug 14, 2022
• Salman Rushdie attack prompts Canadian literary figures to double down on free speech

  Canadian writers, publishers and literary figures doubled down on the right to freedom of thought and expression on Saturday following Salman Rushdie's attack.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2022
• 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.

  Canada

  Aug 13, 2022
• Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, assault

  Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned late on Friday on charges of attempted murder and assault in the second degree.

  World

  Aug 13, 2022
• Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator after being stabbed on New York stage

  Police identified the attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey. The motive for the attack was unclear, New York State Police said.

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  Aug 13, 2022
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• Author Salman Rushdie attacked before lecture on New York stage, suspect in custody

  Salman 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.

  World

  Aug 12, 2022