Trial of man accused of Salman Rushdie attack faces potential delay over author’s memoir
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trial of man accused of Salman Rushdie attack faces potential delay over author’s memoir

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Mr Rushdie on stage in New York in 2022, is entitled to the manuscript and related material from the book as part of his trial preparation, Chautauqua County Judge David Foley ruled in a pretrial conference. Every discussion, every recording, anything he did in regard to this book.” The trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie may be delayed Representatives for Mr Rushdie, 75, previously denied a request from prosecutors to obtain for a copy of the manuscript, citing intellectual property rights, district attorney Jason Schmidt said. Hadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Salman Rushdie After the book’s release, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death and condemning the book as blasphemous due to its passages referring to the Prophet Muhammad. The motive for the 2022 attack remains unknown, however Mr Matar previously toldThe New York Post in a jailhouse interview that Mr Rushdie had “attacked Islam”.

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Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker likely won’t hear about his motive
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker likely won’t hear about his motive

Associated Press  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act, a prosecutor said Friday. “We’re not going there,” District Attorney Jason Schmidt said during a conference in preparation for the Oct. 15 start of Hadi …

Salman Rushdie's attacker faces federal terrorism charges
5 months ago

Salman Rushdie's attacker faces federal terrorism charges

Hindustan Times  

The man accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in New York two years ago now faces federal terrorism charges for his alleged support of Hezbollah, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday. Salman Rushdie's attacker faces federal terrorism charges The grand-jury indictment charges Hadi Matar, the New Jersey man already facing state murder and assault charges for a …

Man who attacked Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group
5 months ago

Man who attacked Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York was motivated by a Hezbollah leader’s endorsement of a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death, prosecutors said Wednesday in announcing new terrorism charges. “We allege that in attempting to murder Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022, Hadi Matar committed an …

Man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie is charged with supporting terrorist group
5 months ago

Man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie is charged with supporting terrorist group

LA Times  

Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, and Hadi Matar, 24, listen during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, N.Y., on Aug. 18, 2022. Matar, who is accused of severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack in western New York, faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. A man accused of severely injuring author …

Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial
5 months ago

Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial

Hindustan Times  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his stabbing to the man charged with attacking him, a judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the alleged assailant’s contention that he is entitled to the material as he prepares for trial. Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial Hadi Matar’s lawyers in …

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie rejects plea deal involving terrorism charge

Associated Press  

The man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have shortened his state prison term but exposed him to a federal terrorism-related charge, the suspect’s lawyer said. Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, in which he is accused of stabbing Rushdie more than a dozen times and blinding …

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says

Hindustan Times  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The lawyer for the New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is in talks with county and federal prosecutors to try to resolve existing charges of attempted murder without a trial — as well as potential terrorism-related charges that could still be coming, he said Friday. Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could …

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Alleged Rushdie attacker, awaiting trial in New York, could still face federal charges, lawyer says

Associated Press  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The lawyer for the New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is in talks with county and federal prosecutors to try to resolve existing charges of attempted murder without a trial — as well as potential terrorism-related charges that could still be coming, he said Friday. Barone said Matar faces up to 25 years in …

Salman Rushdie: Knife author says it ‘may be impossible’ for him to stay in the US if Trump is re-elected
8 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie: Knife author says it ‘may be impossible’ for him to stay in the US if Trump is re-elected

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Salman Rushdie has said it …

Salman Rushdie: Author of The Satanic Verses whose new book Knife reflects on 2022 attempt on his life
8 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie: Author of The Satanic Verses whose new book Knife reflects on 2022 attempt on his life

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One of Britain’s foremost writers, …

Salman Rushdie: I dreamt about being stabbed just before the attack
8 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie: I dreamt about being stabbed just before the attack

The Telegraph  

In August 2022, two days before he was due to appear at an event in Chautauqua, a small town in upstate New York, Sir Salman Rushdie had a dream. ‘At a quarter to eleven on August 12, 2022, on a sunny Friday morning in upstate New York, I was attacked and almost killed by a young man with a knife …

How Salman Rushdie responded to the knife attack that almost killed him
8 months, 1 week ago

How Salman Rushdie responded to the knife attack that almost killed him

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rushdie later admitted that pirate copies “probably sold 10 …

Trial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie due to forthcoming memoir
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Trial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie due to forthcoming memoir

Associated Press  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The New Jersey man charged with stabbing “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Matar, 26, who lived in Fairview, New Jersey, has been held without bail since prosecutors said he stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times …

Salman Rushdie’s upcoming memoir delays trial of man charged in 2022 stabbing
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie’s upcoming memoir delays trial of man charged in 2022 stabbing

LA Times  

Salman Rushdie, left, was stabbed in 2022. Before standing trial, the man charged in the stabbing of “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie can seek material related to Rushdie’s forthcoming memoir, which details the 2022 attempt on the writer’s life, a New York judge ruled Wednesday. Rushdie, who could testify at the trial, spent years in hiding after the late …

Salman Rushdie is writing a ‘necessary book’ about his 2022 stabbing
1 year, 2 months ago

Salman Rushdie is writing a ‘necessary book’ about his 2022 stabbing

LA Times  

Author Salman Rushdie’s next book will focus on the near-fatal public attack on him in 2022. On Wednesday Rushdie announced that his next book will be a memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” to be released in the U.S. by Penguin Random House on April 16. “Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic …

On stabbing incident, Salman Rushdie says he is 'more or less OK' but faces this dilemma
1 year, 5 months ago

On stabbing incident, Salman Rushdie says he is 'more or less OK' but faces this dilemma

Hindustan Times  

Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie said that he still has “crazy dreams” about the knife attack that he endured in New York, which left him blind in one eye. Speaking to the BBC, Salman Rushdie said he was in "two minds" about whether to face his alleged attacker or not. I have crazy dreams," the novelist said, adding, “If he …

Iranian foundation rewards man who attacked Salman Rushdie
1 year, 10 months ago

Iranian foundation rewards man who attacked Salman Rushdie

Op India  

An Iranian foundation has lauded the man who attacked celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie and announced that he will be rewarded with 1,000 square meters of agricultural land. pic.twitter.com/S10qlibIzC — Mirror Now February 21, 2023 “We sincerely thank the brave action of the young American who made Muslims happy by blinding one of Rushdie’s eyes and disabling one of his hands,” …

Hanif Kureishi says Salman Rushdie has written to him every day since horrific fall
1 year, 11 months ago

Hanif Kureishi says Salman Rushdie has written to him every day since horrific fall

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hanif Kureishi says fellow writer …

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of hand after ‘brutal’ stabbing, says agent
2 years, 2 months ago

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of hand after ‘brutal’ stabbing, says agent

The Independent  

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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
2 years, 2 months ago

Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report. Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in …

Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
2 years, 2 months ago

Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Salmon Rushdie’s agent says …

Attack on Salman Rushdie demonstrates the resilience of hate
2 years, 3 months ago

Attack on Salman Rushdie demonstrates the resilience of hate

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 27, 2022 19:00 IST The exact words of Ayatollah Khomeini when he issued his fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses were: “I inform the proud Muslim people of the world that the author of ‘Satanic Verses’ book which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Quran, and all those involved in its publication who …

The imaginary and real worlds of Salman Rushdie
2 years, 4 months ago

The imaginary and real worlds of Salman Rushdie

The Hindu  

Last Friday, writers including Paul Auster, Kiran Desai and Roya Hakakian, read out from Salman Rushdie’s works at a ‘Stand with Salman’ event on the steps of the New York Public Library, a week after he was viciously stabbed at a literary meet. He learnt two unforgettable lessons from these tellings: first, that “stories were not true, but by being …

Farrukh Dhondy | The targeting of Salman Rushdie: Shadow of the 1989 fatwa back
2 years, 4 months ago

Farrukh Dhondy | The targeting of Salman Rushdie: Shadow of the 1989 fatwa back

Deccan Chronicle  

“The furtive magpie crouched and stitched the ground With ever still a watchful, wary eye For any sign of movement all around Which may cause it to panic and to fly They say, O Bachchoo, one brings bad luck And a pair of them will promise you joy A trio of them won’t promise a f--antasy Counting thieving birds can …

Judge denies bail for Salman Rushdie’s attacker, bars interviews
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge denies bail for Salman Rushdie’s attacker, bars interviews

India TV News  

Highlights A judge refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges Hadi stayed quiet during hearing while his lawyer tried to persuade judge that he should be released Salman Rushdie news : A judge refused to …

Salman Rushdie stabbed: Imran Khan condemns attack, says 'attack unjustifiable'
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie stabbed: Imran Khan condemns attack, says 'attack unjustifiable'

India TV News  

Highlights Khan termed the attack as sad and terrible Rushdie was stabbed on stage during a lecture in Western New York Rushdie's fourth book The Satanic Verses forced him into hiding for nine years Salman Rushdie stabbed : Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday condemned the attack on renowned author Salman Rushdie, a media report said. The author …

Salman Rushdie’s attacker denied bail; judge bars interviews
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s attacker denied bail; judge bars interviews

The Hindu  

A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York. Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed Rushdie …

Author Salman Rushdie's attacker says he acted alone, denies connections to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
2 years, 4 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie's attacker says he acted alone, denies connections to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps

Firstpost  

On being asked if he was inspired by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who had issued the fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989 for his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’, accused Hadi Matar did not respond New York: The 24-year-old man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, whom he loathed for being “disingenuous,” has denied having any connections to …

Watch | Why was Salman Rushdie attacked?
2 years, 4 months ago

Watch | Why was Salman Rushdie attacked?

The Hindu  

Salman Rushdie’s life changed forever in 1989, when he had a fatwa slapped on him The award-winning author has spent over three decades looking over his shoulder, going into hiding, and later making public appearances But the threats to his life hadn’t stopped. On August 12, Rushdie was stabbed several times at a literary event in New York. He studied …

Salman Rushdie\'s survival \'surprises\' attacker
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie\'s survival \'surprises\' attacker

Deccan Chronicle  

MAYVILLE : The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from jail, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution after he saw a tweet last …

Salman Rushdie stabbing row: Attacker ’surprised’ the author survived
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie stabbing row: Attacker ’surprised’ the author survived

Live Mint  

Days after stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York, his alleged attacker Hadi Matar said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Matar said that he had decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution following his tweet last winter about the writer's planned appearance. Though the …

Salman Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ the author survived
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ the author survived

Associated Press  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from jail, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution after he saw a tweet …

Rushdie attacker says ‘surprised’ author survived: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

Rushdie attacker says ‘surprised’ author survived: Report

The Hindu  

The New Jersey man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie told the New York Post in an interview published on August 17 that he was “surprised” the author had survived the attack. Matar told the paper he had “read a couple pages” of Mr. Rushdie’s novel. I don’t like him very much.” “He’s someone who attacked Islam, he attacked their beliefs, …

Taking responsibility: On Salman Rushdie attack in New York
2 years, 4 months ago

Taking responsibility: On Salman Rushdie attack in New York

The Hindu  

The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s comment, that only “Salman Rushdie and his supporters” were to be blamed for the gruesome knife attack on the author in New York State last week, is yet another reiteration of the clerical establishment’s well-known regressive position on the Rushdie affair. The 1989 fatwa against Rushdie, issued by Iran’s then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, because he …

Essay: The fallout of the attack on Salman Rushdie
2 years, 4 months ago

Essay: The fallout of the attack on Salman Rushdie

Hindustan Times  

Author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed multiple times on stage during an event in New York last Friday, has survived the attack - with his defiant sense of humour intact despite his severe injuries, according to a statement released by his son Zafar. A Right-wing Iranian newspaper, Kayhan, published an article saying “Bravo to this courageous and duty-conscious man who …

Salman Rushdie attacker’s mother blames it on son’s Middle East trip
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie attacker’s mother blames it on son’s Middle East trip

Live Mint  

A trip to Lebanon in 2018 changed Hadi Matar, the man accused of attacking British novelist Salman Rushdie, making him more devout and less extroverted, according to his mother. After visiting his estranged father, Silvana Fardos, a Lebanese-born woman from Fairview, New Jersey, described her 24-year-old son as "a moody introvert" who had become increasingly hooked on Islam. According to …

Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack
2 years, 4 months ago

Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian official Monday denied Tehran was involved in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, though he sought to justify the attack in the Islamic Republic’s first public comments on the bloodshed. “Regarding the attack against Salman Rushdie in America, we don’t consider anyone deserving reproach, blame or even condemnation, except for himself and his …

Iran denies involvement in attack on author Salman Rushdie, but justifies attempt
2 years, 4 months ago

Iran denies involvement in attack on author Salman Rushdie, but justifies attempt

Firstpost  

The author of The Satanic Verses was stabbed on Friday while attending an event in western New York. “In this regard, no one can blame the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Kanaani, spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry Dubai: Despite denying Tehran’s involvement in the attack on author Salman Rushdie, an Iranian government official on Monday defended the stabbing in statements …

Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie
2 years, 4 months ago

Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie

The Hindu  

An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country's first public comments on the attack. “We, in the incident of the attack on Salman Rushdie in the U.S., do not consider that anyone deserves blame and accusations except him and his supporters,” Mr. Kanaani said. …

Salman Rushdie Pulls Through Brutal Attack With 'Humour Intact' as US Hails His 'Truth & Courage'
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie Pulls Through Brutal Attack With 'Humour Intact' as US Hails His 'Truth & Courage'

News 18  

Salman Rushdie is pulling through and has his feisty and defiant sense of humour intact despite battling severe, life-changing injuries, his son and former wife Padma Lakshmi said on Sunday, two days after the Mumbai-born author was stabbed in what US authorities described as a “targeted, preplanned” attack. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic …

Iran says only Salman Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack
2 years, 4 months ago

Iran says only Salman Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack

Al Jazeera  

Tehran also vehemently denied having any knowledge of or link to the stabbing of the novelist. Tehran, Iran – Iran has said Salman Rushdie and his supporters are to blame as it sought to distance itself from the attack last week in New York that severely wounded the writer. “We consider no one except and his supporters deserving of blame …

Rushdie attack should be wake-up call to sanction Iran: Rishi Sunak
2 years, 4 months ago

Rushdie attack should be wake-up call to sanction Iran: Rishi Sunak

The Hindu  

The brutal attack on noted author Salman Rushdie should be a wake-up call for the West to impose tougher sanctions against Iran and proscribe the country’s elite military unit as a terrorist organisation, British prime ministerial hopeful Rishi Sunak said on Sunday. The former Chancellor told The Daily Telegraph that attempts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, known as the …

Salman Rushdie on the road to recovery, says his agent
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie on the road to recovery, says his agent

The Hindu  

Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. Mr. Wylie continued to caution that although Mr. Rushdie’s “condition is headed in the right direction,” his recovery would be a long process. “Though his life …

Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack
2 years, 4 months ago

Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack

Associated Press  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — “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. Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was “off the ventilator and talking.” Rushdie’s …

'You are next': Author JK Rowling receives death threat over tweet on Salman Rushdie
2 years, 4 months ago

'You are next': Author JK Rowling receives death threat over tweet on Salman Rushdie

India Today  

Author JK Rowling has received a death threat for a tweet condemning the attack on Salman Rushdie. The Twitter handle, which issued the death threat, had also praised Hadi Matar, the assailant from New Jersey who stabbed Rusdhie several times during a literary event in western New York on Friday. Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator with a damaged liver …

Salman Rushdie Attacked: Hit '10-15 Times' in 20 Secs, Author on Ventilator; Likely to Lose Eye, Liver Damaged; Biden-Harris 'Appalled'
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie Attacked: Hit '10-15 Times' in 20 Secs, Author on Ventilator; Likely to Lose Eye, Liver Damaged; Biden-Harris 'Appalled'

News 18  

Salman Rushdie was on a ventilator, will likely lose one eye and his liver was?stabbed and damaged? Salman will likely lose one eye, the nerves in his arm were severed and his liver was stabbed and damaged,? Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing?The Satanic Verses?, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident at an event …

'You Are Next': Harry Potter Author JK Rowling Receives Death Threat Over Salman Rushdie Tweet
2 years, 4 months ago

'You Are Next': Harry Potter Author JK Rowling Receives Death Threat Over Salman Rushdie Tweet

News 18  

Author JK Rowling on Saturday said the police are investigating a potential death threat after a Twitter user hinted of a possible target on her in response to her posts on the stabbing of novelist Salman Rushdie during a literary event in New York. Rushdie, who has long faced death threats for his fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses,” was stabbed …

Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty

The Hindu  

The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty on August 13 to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime, as the renowned author of The Satanic Verses remained hospitalised with serious injuries. Writer and longtime friend Ian McEwan called Mr. Rushdie “an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists …

U.S, UK, France condemn attack on Salman Rushdie; ‘Nothing justifies fatwa'
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S, UK, France condemn attack on Salman Rushdie; ‘Nothing justifies fatwa'

Hindustan Times  

U.S, UK, France condemn attack on Salman Rushdie; ‘Nothing justifies fatwa' World leaders expressed their shock at the attack on British-Indian author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed by a man at an event in New York on Friday. "Shocked to hear of the attack on Salman Rushdie in New York. He's in our thoughts tonight," Sunak wrote.Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, …

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