Salman Rushdie stabbed: Javed Akhtar condemns 'barbaric attack' on The Satanic Verses author, urges action
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie stabbed: Javed Akhtar condemns 'barbaric attack' on The Satanic Verses author, urges action

India TV News  

Salman Rushdie, the author whose controversial 1988 novel The Satanic Verses led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. Javed Akhtar condemns attack on Salman Rushdie After the unfortunate attack on Rushdie at a public event, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar took to Twitter to condemn the attack. Read: Laal Singh Chaddha budget, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Naga Chaitanya's salaries for film revealed Salman Rushdie health update After the attack on stage, Rushdie was airlifted to a hospital for immediate treatment. Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul in a presser said author Salman Rushdie is alive and getting care at a local hospital after he was stabbed in the neck during an event.

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After Delhi HC ruling, can you buy Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India now?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

After Delhi HC ruling, can you buy Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ in India now?

Live Mint  

Here's some good news for Salman Rushdie's fans. A Delhi court ruled last week that India's three-decade-old ban on the import of the book, ‘The Satanic Verses’, has to be presumed to be non-existent. Following this, the then Rajiv Gandhi government banned the import of the Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" for law-and-order reasons in 1988. In …

India’s ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ may ease now. Why has the book been so controversial?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India’s ban on Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ may ease now. Why has the book been so controversial?

Firstpost  

Now, Salman Rushdie’s famous novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ may soon be available in India, 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government. File image/Reuters Over 36 years ago, India banned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses book, citing it to be blasphemous. Author Salman Rushdie poses with his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses”. Muslims demonstrate outside the New …

Notice banning import of "The Satanic Verses" doesn't exist, petitioner free to import it: Delhi HC
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Notice banning import of "The Satanic Verses" doesn't exist, petitioner free to import it: Delhi HC

Op India  

An appeal against the alleged customs restriction in 1988 on the import of Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on 5th November. The court highlighted, “In the light of the aforesaid circumstances, we have no other option except to presume that no such notification exists, and therefore, we cannot examine the validity …

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: 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, …

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, 2 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 …

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 …

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 …

Author Salman Rushdie's epic reply to troll gets a thumbs up from Twitter. See post
1 year, 10 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie's epic reply to troll gets a thumbs up from Twitter. See post

India Today  

British author Salman Rushdie is back with his new book Victory City after he was victim to a deadly knife attack in New York City. The 75-year-old author acknowledged the existence of post-traumatic stress disorder in his first interview after the attack and recalled that he had difficulty writing anything. In the comments section, a Twitter user decided to troll …

Saeed Naqvi | The ‘Satanic’ furies: A look at the genesis
2 years, 3 months ago

Saeed Naqvi | The ‘Satanic’ furies: A look at the genesis

Deccan Chronicle  

“Political football!” this is how Salman Rushdie had first described the banning of The Satanic Verses. Rajiv Gandhi’s paranoia about the “Muslim” vote was because of the way his party understood his three-fourth majority in Parliament after the 1984 elections. Well, these are Carol’s” Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem on Jesus is not exactly low brow irreverence when he describes Christ on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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: Those Hailing the Attack Must Know a Knife Is No Way to Think
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie: Those Hailing the Attack Must Know a Knife Is No Way to Think

The Quint  

Even sadder than the attack on Salman Rushdie – may he recover soon – is the fact that many Muslims are defending, even acclaiming it. I can understand that religious Muslims feel offended by Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. There is nothing wrong with feeling offended, or even with protesting legally, though optimally, both should involve a degree of intellectual effort, …

An introduction to the works of Salman Rushdie
2 years, 4 months ago

An introduction to the works of Salman Rushdie

The Economist  

A YATOLLAH RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI had probably never heard of Salman Rushdie when the bespectacled, slightly balding, Indian-born British author’s fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses”, came out in 1988. Yet within five months, Iran’s supreme leader had made the writer the world’s most famous literary apostate, describing the book as “blasphemous against Islam” and issuing a fatwa on national radio calling …

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

Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says

Associated Press  

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — 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 New York. “Though his life changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty & defiant sense of humour remains intact,” Rushdie’s son Zafar Rushdie said in a …

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 …

Who is Salman Rushdie? Know about 'The Satanic Verses' book author
2 years, 4 months ago

Who is Salman Rushdie? Know about 'The Satanic Verses' book author

India TV News  

The attack on author Salman Rushdie has evoked widespread condemnation from people across the world. Rushdie, the Mumbai-born controversial author who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing 'The Satanic Verses', suffered multiple wounds to the neck and abdomen after a man stormed the stage and stabbed him as he was about to deliver a lecture at a literary …

'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 …

Satanic saga: When Islamists ran riots in Mumbai, intimidated a Professor
2 years, 4 months ago

Satanic saga: When Islamists ran riots in Mumbai, intimidated a Professor

Op India  

Salman Rushdie’s stabbing in New York on the 12th of August has once again brought the focus back on Satanic Verses, the book that got Rushdie in so much trouble that he had to live fearing for his life for the past 33 years. Following the publication of ‘The Satanic Verses’ by Salman Rushdie in September 1988, Islamists were up …

Salman Rushdie | The language of truth
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie | The language of truth

The Hindu  

‘I am a dead man,’ that’s what Salman Rushdie thought on February 14, 1989, the day Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa for his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses for alleged blasphemy against Islam. Rushdie was in London, and when a BBC reporter asked him how he felt knowing he’d just been sentenced to death, he said, “It doesn’t …

Rajiv Gandhi govt. decision to ban Rushdie's book was justified, taken for law & order reasons: Natwar Singh
2 years, 4 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi govt. decision to ban Rushdie's book was justified, taken for law & order reasons: Natwar Singh

The Hindu  

K. Natwar Singh, who was a Union minister in the Rajiv Gandhi government that banned Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses", strongly defended the decision on August 13 asserting it was taken "purely" for law and order reasons. With focus back on Mr. Rushdie's book in the wake of the attack on him in New York, Mr. Singh, who …

33 Yrs Ago, Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' Whipped Up a Storm. Here's Why It Remains Controversial
2 years, 4 months ago

33 Yrs Ago, Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' Whipped Up a Storm. Here's Why It Remains Controversial

News 18  

In 1988, Salman Rushdie published ‘The Satanic Verses’ — one of the most controversial books in recent literary history — and since then, life has never been the same for the author. Muslims across the world believe that the angel Gibreel – Gabriel in English – visited the Prophet Muhammad and recited God’s words to him over a 22-year period. …

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet
2 years, 4 months ago

Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death. But in Tehran, some willing to speak to The Associated Press offered praise for an attack targeting a writer they believe tarnished the Islamic faith …

Salman Rushdie stabbed: A look at ’fatwas’, attacks and controversies
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie stabbed: A look at ’fatwas’, attacks and controversies

Live Mint  

Renowned British Author Salman Rushdie on 12 August was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man who stormed the stage as the author was ready to deliver a lecture in western New York. According to the police, the suspect ran onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state, …

Praise, worry in Iran after Salman Rushdie attack; government quiet
2 years, 4 months ago

Praise, worry in Iran after Salman Rushdie attack; government quiet

The Hindu  

Iranians reacted with praise and worry on Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death. “I don’t know Salman Rushdie, but I am happy to hear that he was attacked since he insulted Islam,” said Reza Amiri, a 27-year-old deliveryman. “This will …

Man, 24, who stabbed Salman Rushdie had fake driver's license in name of HEZBOLLAH commander
2 years, 4 months ago

Man, 24, who stabbed Salman Rushdie had fake driver's license in name of HEZBOLLAH commander

Daily Mail  

The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie held a fake driver's license bearing the surname of an infamous Hezbollah commander, it has been claimed. A Homeland Security Investigations Police officer enters the building where Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker Hadi Matar, lives in Fairview, New Jersey New Jersey Police officers stand guard near the building where alleged attacker Hadi Matar, …

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
2 years, 4 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York

Associated Press  

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. “We are thankful to good citizens and first responders for helping Mr. Rushdie …

Why Salman Rushdie’s book ‘The Satanic Verses’ remains so controversial
2 years, 4 months ago

Why Salman Rushdie’s book ‘The Satanic Verses’ remains so controversial

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One of …

Salman Rushdie stabbed: Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak react to ‘appalling’ attack on author
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie stabbed: Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak react to ‘appalling’ attack on author

India TV News  

Highlights British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among the senior politicians to express shock UK Home Secretary Priti Patel also expressed her shock at the unprovoked and senseless attack Rushdie was giving a lecture in New York when a man stormed the stage and stabbed him Salman Rushdie stabbed : Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among several senior politicians and …

Attack on Salman Rushdie praised by some Iranians. Others worry it could hurt their country
2 years, 4 months ago

Attack on Salman Rushdie praised by some Iranians. Others worry it could hurt their country

LA Times  

Iranians reacted with praise and worry Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death. But in Tehran, some willing to speak to the Associated Press offered praise for an attack targeting a writer they believe tarnished the Islamic faith with his 1988 …

Salman Rushdie latest news: ‘The Satanic Verses’ writer may lose an eye
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie latest news: ‘The Satanic Verses’ writer may lose an eye

Live Mint  

Author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday, would probably lose an eye in addition to having his liver damaged and one arm's nerves severed - according to his representative, "The news is not good. Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged," Andrew Wylie said in a …

Salman Rushdie Attacked: New York Guv Says Author 'Alive', Airlifted to Hospital; Suspect in Police Custody
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie Attacked: New York Guv Says Author 'Alive', Airlifted to Hospital; Suspect in Police Custody

News 18  

Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie was on Friday attacked during an event in Chautauqua County in New York and suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck. Issuing a statement on Twitter, New York State Police said they are investigating the attack on Rushdie prior to a speaking event. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement he was appalled …

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed 10-15 times, claims eyewitness | Top Points
2 years, 4 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie stabbed 10-15 times, claims eyewitness | Top Points

India Today  

Indian-born author Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on Friday during an event in New York. Here are the top developments: 1) A man ran up onto stage and attacked Salman Rushdie at an event in western New York state on Friday morning. “A male suspect ran up onto stage at a speaking event and attacked Salman Rushdie and an …

Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York
2 years, 4 months ago

Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

Firstpost  

Salman Rushdie was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest. His condition was not immediately known 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. …

Author Salman Rushdie attacked and stabbed before lecture in New York: report
2 years, 4 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie attacked and stabbed before lecture in New York: report

Raw Story  

Salman Rushdie was attacked on-stage by an assailant as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday morning, according to a report by the Associated Press. "An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The novelist's life changed forever …

Salman Rushdie Attacked Onstage At Event In Western New York
2 years, 4 months ago

Salman Rushdie Attacked Onstage At Event In Western New York

Huff Post  

In this file photo, Salman Rushdie attends the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on Nov. 15, 2017, in New York. via Associated Press Salman Rushdie was attacked in western New York as he took the stage at the Chautauqua Institution for a lecture on the importance of freedom of creative expression. An Associated Press reporter who was …

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York
2 years, 4 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York

Al Jazeera  

Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen as he was being introduced to the audience at a literary event. Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed as he was about to give a lecture in southwestern New York state. — Boris Johnson August 12, 2022 Pen …

Key dates in the life of author Salman Rushdie
2 years, 4 months ago

Key dates in the life of author Salman Rushdie

Al Jazeera  

The controversial author spent years in hiding after a 1989 decree by the Iranian leader led to threats against his life. Author Salman Rushdie has been hospitalised after he was attacked earlier today at an event in New York state. Rushdie’s writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, which banned his most famous book, The Satanic Verses, …

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