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Salman Rushdie: where to start with this pioneering and controversial author

On the eve of India’s 75th anniversary of independence (August 15), the 75-year-old Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on stage in New York. Thankfully, the author survived the attack. But you might be wondering how a writer came to be the target of such violence.

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What is a fatwa? A religious studies professor explains

When news broke on August 12, 2022, that the writer Salman Rushdie had been attacked, many people immediately recalled the fatwa, or edict, calling on all Muslims to take his life, issued in 1989 by the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s Supreme Leader at the time. Khomeini accused Rushdie’s 1988…

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Hundreds of authors to read from Salman Rushdie’s works in show of solidarity

The ‘Stand with Salman’ event in New York mirrors a public reading of The Satanic Verses that took place after the fatwa was issued in 1989

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Salman Rushdie attack: ‘I want to get back on stage with author,’ says lecture host Henry Reese

Lecture organiser says author’s values must be defended after stabbing

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie moderator Henry Reese says he won’t be ‘impeded from doing what we set out to do’

Co-founder of City of Asylum, which offers safety, shelter and support to persecuted writers says they will not be impeded from doing what they set out to do

The Independent UK

Lecture host says his concern is for Sir Salman and ‘what he means in the world’

Henry Reese said the incident in New York highlighted more than ever the values that Sir Salman stands for.

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Taking responsibility: On Salman Rushdie attack in New York

Iran might not be directly involved in the attack on Rushdie, but it must revoke the fatwa

The Hindu

The Guardian view on Salman Rushdie: democracy relies on the right to dissent

Editorial: No piece of writing deserves a death sentence or should be met with the threat of assault

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie attack: the legacy of the decades-old fatwa on the author, explained

In 1989, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic revolution in Iran ten years earlier, issued a fatwa – a religious edict – calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie. More than three decades later, at a literary event in New York state, a man who was…

The Conversation

BJP silent, VHP condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

Mr. Rushdie was attacked while he was speaking at a literary event in New York on August 12th

The Hindu

The 7 defining moments of Salman Rushdie’s life

As the author lies in hospital with life-changing injuries, Amy Francombe looks back at his controversial career and how he came to have a fatwa on his head

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie and the defense of hate speech

“Professor, why should we allow hate speech?”

Chicago Tribune

Edinburgh's JK Rowling shocked by Twitter response after receiving death threat

The Harry Potter author had taken to Twitter to share her support for author Salman Rushdie after he was violently attacked in New York last Friday. She had a threat made on her life following this.

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The Guardian - UK

Lebanese town stays silent on Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker

In Yaroun, where Hadi Matar is thought to have spent several summers, locals are keeping their heads down

The Independent UK

Sales of The Satanic Verses surge after Salman Rushdie stabbing

Author’s works are dominating Amazon’s bestseller lists days after his stabbing

Salon

Salman Rushdie and a history of offense

The celebrated author is currently recovering from serious injuries after an attack on his life

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Morning mail: Morrison accused of bias, Tasmanian statue to fall, Australian homes too cold

Tuesday: Scott Morrison’s use of extraordinary ministerial powers to block a controversial gas project faces a legal challenge. Plus: a survey of homes has found which states are too humid and too cold

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The Loop: Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison 'may well' have sworn himself into more portfolios — as it happened

Nationals leader David Littleproud says it is "important that [Scott] Morrison gives an explanation" which would provide "clarity around the decisions that he made around signing himself into the three portfolios". This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon and Louise Welsh send message to Rushdie from book festival

All guests at the event have been invited by organisers to begin their sessions with a sentence from one of Salman Rushdie’s works.

Daily Mirror

Iran says Salman Rushdie and supporters only ones to blame for attack

Iran foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said freedom of speech does not justify Salman Rushdie insulting religion and that only he and his supporters were "worthy of blame" for the stabbing

Reason

Muddling Through the Mar-a-Lago Mess

Plus: The editors reaffirm free speech absolutism in the wake of the recent attack on Salman Rushdie.

Los Angeles Times

'Top Chef's' Padma Lakshmi hopes ex Salman Rushdie has 'swift healing' after attack

"Top Chef" host and judge Padma Lakshmi is "relieved" that her ex-husband, author Salman Rushdie, is on the road to recovery after being stabbed multiple times at a lecture in upstate New York last week.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie’s attacker was in contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, report says

Intelligence officials say Hadi Matar, 25, was speaking to members of the Revolutionary Guard over social media

The Hindu

The power of words: On the assault on Salman Rushdie

The assault on Rushdie is an attack on those who speak out against all forms of extremism

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