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 America, a writers’ association that promotes freedom of expression, which Rushdie once led, described the assault as a “premeditated attack”. “PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Salman Rushdie, who was reportedly stabbed multiple times while on stage speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York,” the group’s CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement. “We can think of no comparable incident of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American soil.” US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who represents New York, called the assault on Rushdie an “appalling” attack on “freedom of speech and thought”.

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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 …

Book Review | Knife-edge of an artist’s vision cuts through fear and loathing
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Review | Knife-edge of an artist’s vision cuts through fear and loathing

Deccan Chronicle  

On August 12, 2022, when Salman Rushdie was on stage to deliver a talk at Chautauqua in New York, a young man dressed all in black ran up to the 75-year-old author and started stabbing him repeatedly. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder is not only Rushdie’s account of that violent act — it is also his way of “owning’’ …

Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie

Hindustan Times  

A poem cannot stop a bullet. * If one wishes to cogently grasp Salman Rushdie’s non-fiction arc — I would strongly recommend the readers to first read Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991; Step Across This Line: Collected Non-fiction 1992-2002; Language of Truth: Essays 2003-2020; and Joseph Anton: A Memoir in which he looks back on the fatwa, the death …

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’: The aftermath of an attack
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’: The aftermath of an attack

Live Mint  

Salman Rushdie’s new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, hinges on the vicious knife attack he survived on 12 August 2022 in Chautauqua, upstate New York. In the writer’s words, this is a book about “The Knife as an idea,” not just a weapon that has been used to silence writers and artists who speak truth to power. Like …

Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing? Well, he feels about 25, the author tells AP
8 months ago

Has Salman Rushdie changed after his stabbing? Well, he feels about 25, the author tells AP

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Nearly two years after the knife attack that nearly killed him, Salman Rushdie appears both changed and very much the same. Nearly a decade later, he would reach a terrifying level of fame with “The Satanic Verses,” and the call for his death issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. AP: Something that strikes me in this book …

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit
8 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In Salman Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last. “Knife” is also his first memoir since “Joseph Anton,” the 2012 publication in which he looked back on the fatwa, the death decree, issued …

'Why didn't I fight…?': Salman Rushdie relives brutal knife attack in new memoir
8 months, 1 week ago

'Why didn't I fight…?': Salman Rushdie relives brutal knife attack in new memoir

Hindustan Times  

British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was attacked with a knife at a public event in 2022 that left him blind in one eye, recounted the incident in his new memoir ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ which hits stores on Tuesday, April 16. The Indian-born author, a naturalised American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 …

Salman Rushdie, Knife review: Author’s moving, sardonic memoir is not for the squeamish
8 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie, Knife review: Author’s moving, sardonic memoir is not for the squeamish

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. Reading the book in the immediate aftermath of the …

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: 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 …

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ recounts his stabbing. His press tour has its own revelations
8 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ recounts his stabbing. His press tour has its own revelations

LA Times  

Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, “Knife,” hits shelves on Tuesday, two years after he was nearly killed in a stabbing attack. Rushdie added that he was grateful not to have sustained any brain damage in the attack, telling the BBC, “It meant I was actually still able to be myself.” The 2022 stabbing and its aftermath may be at the core …

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 …

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 …

Author Salman Rushdie calls for defense of freedom of expression as he receives German prize
1 year, 2 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie calls for defense of freedom of expression as he receives German prize

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Author Salman Rushdie called Sunday for the unconditional defense of freedom of expression as he received a prestigious German prize that recognizes his literary work and his resolve in the face of constant danger. The British-American author decried the current age as a time when freedom of expression is under attack by all sides, including from authoritarian and …

Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack
1 year, 2 months ago

Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage last year. He’s releasing a memoir about the attack

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand. “This was a necessary book for me to write: a way to take charge of what happened, and to answer violence with art,” Rushdie said in a statement released Wednesday by Penguin …

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 …

Welcome back, Salman Rushdie
1 year, 7 months ago

Welcome back, Salman Rushdie

Al Jazeera  

The author provokes complicated emotions. “Otherwise,” Rushdie said, “I don’t know what I am saying.” Suddenly, the auditorium went silent. In an October 2017 column for Al Jazeera, the Iranian professor and literary critic, Hamid Dabashi, dismissed Rushdie as an “imposter” and a “bitter old Islamophobe” whose politics had been “corrupted” after a fatwa — which Dabashi denounced — “put …

‘Struggle continues’: Salman Rushdie discusses knife attack
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Struggle continues’: Salman Rushdie discusses knife attack

Al Jazeera  

Award-winning novelist speaks at a New York gala in his first public appearance since he was attacked onstage last year. British writer Salman Rushdie has attended a New York gala in his first public appearance since a knife attack nearly took his life last year. The award-winning novelist, a naturalized American who has lived in New York for 20 years, …

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,” …

Review: Victory City by Salman Rushdie
1 year, 10 months ago

Review: Victory City by Salman Rushdie

Hindustan Times  

There is an iconic moment in Cervantes’ Don Quixote when the aristocrat Quixote, drunk on the romance of a feudal, medieval past long gone, goes charging at a set of windmills, calling them demons in disguise. While 20th century postmodernism has had champions straddling Europe and Latin America – from Italo Calvino to Gabriel Garcia Marquez – few contemporary writers …

Author Salman Rushdie's clap back to person who said his books are sh*t
1 year, 10 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie's clap back to person who said his books are sh*t

Hindustan Times  

As author Salman Rushdie released his new book "Victory City," which is based on a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city, his interaction with a user on Twitter caught the attention of many. The novel is translated from a historical epic that was originally written in Sanskrit and was written by Salman Rushdie before the …

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 …

Salman Rushdie uploads selfie, months after losing an eye to Islamist Jihadi attack
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie uploads selfie, months after losing an eye to Islamist Jihadi attack

Op India  

On Monday, novelist Salman Rushdie uploaded a selfie on Twitter, months after being stabbed by a 24-year-old Islamist named Hadi Matar. The development came hours after the American weekly magazine, New Yorker, published an article on the novelist titled ‘The Defiance of Salman Rushdie.’ “The photo in New Yorker is dramatic and powerful but this, more prosaically, is what I …

Salman Rushdie explains why ‘everyone loves him’ since 2022 stabbing: ‘Now…'
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie explains why ‘everyone loves him’ since 2022 stabbing: ‘Now…'

Hindustan Times  

Months after being stabbed ahead of a lecture, author Salman Rushdie said that even though he has “frightening” nightmares, he still has a feeling of gratitude. But, considering what happened, I'm not so bad," Salman Rushdie told the New Yorker in his first interview since the attack which left him blind in his right eye. Salman Rushdie, 75, has lived …

Salman Rushdie reflects on nightmares and recovery after ‘colossal’ stabbing attack
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie reflects on nightmares and recovery after ‘colossal’ stabbing attack

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 revealed that …

Salman Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack

Firstpost  

Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city London: Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel Victory City, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies …

Salman Rushdie’s new novel reminds us how his writing changed the world
1 year, 10 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s new novel reminds us how his writing changed the world

LA Times  

On the Shelf Victory City By Salman Rushdie Random House: 352 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. The Rushdie who went into hiding because of the 1989 fatwa over his book “The Satanic Verses,” eventually reentered public life, big-time, and was brutally attacked …

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 loses sight in eye and use of one hand after knife attack: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Salman Rushdie loses sight in eye and use of one hand after knife attack: Report

Firstpost  

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in an eye and his one hand is incapacitated following the brutal knife attack on the acclaimed Mumbai-born author in August, his literary agent said. New York: Salman Rushdie has lost sight in an eye and his one hand is incapacitated following the brutal knife attack on the acclaimed Mumbai-born author in August, his literary …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Rushdie's Stabbing Turns Peaceful Literary Retreat Into Turmoil
2 years, 4 months ago

Rushdie's Stabbing Turns Peaceful Literary Retreat Into Turmoil

The Quint  

The Chautauqua Institution in New York where Salman Rushdie, a renowned author, was due to speak on Friday was not a place where people worried about their safety. The Indian-born author Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him in 1989 asked Muslims to kill him because of his novel The Satanic Verses …

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 …

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