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Salman Rushdie says ‘dishonest’ Elon Musk should be fired into space: ‘If he likes it so much, let him go’

‘If he likes it so much, then let him go,’ says author

The Independent UK

When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

The Guardian - UK

Interviewer who tried to stop knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie initially thought it was a prank

Henry Reese, 75, had just sat down to interview Rushdie when the author was stabbed in a frenzied knife attack

The Independent UK

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Man injured alongside Salman Rushdie in 2022 stabbing attack says he thought it was a prank at first

A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie stabbing trial: Excerpts from Satanic Verses author’s testimony about harrowing knife attack

In his own words, author Salman Rushdie describes the moments when a stranger rushed at him on stage in western New York and began attacking him

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie tells jurors he thought he was dying after harrowing knife attack as he faces stabbing suspect in court

Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial for the attempted murder of ‘The Satanic Verses’ author in August 2022

The Independent UK

Rushdie Tells Trial Of 'Lake Of Blood' After Stabbing

Novelist Salman Rushdie described Tuesday the moment a knife-wielding attacker stormed on stage and attempted to kill him with a frenzied attack that left him blind in one eye.

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Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill him

The Guardian - US

Testimony in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie heads into 2nd day

Testimony is set to continue in the trial of the man charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack on a western New York stage

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie attack trial: Author was too stunned to react after being stabbed on stage

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie was stabbed while on stage in New York in 2022

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close to committing murder’ during frenzied stabbing, court hears

Hadi Matar, 27, was heard saying ‘Free Palestine’ as he entered court in Chautauqua Lake, New York

The Independent UK

NY Jury Hears Attacker Repeatedly Stabbed Salman Rushdie

Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie described to jurors Monday how the "Satanic Verses" author was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye.

International Business Times

‘It shook everyone up’: New York town hosting Salman Rushdie trial recalls knife attack

A liberal arts community finds itself hosting the closely watched trial of man accused of stabbing novelist in 2022

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie trial hears accused came ‘dangerously close to murder’

Prosecutors begin case against Hadi Matar, charged with attempted murder and assault over festival attack in 2022

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Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

Lawyers are set to deliver opening statements at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie's stabbing trial begins with precarious jury selection

Hadi Matar faces charges of attempted murder and assault

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Salman Rushdie Stabbing Trial Begins In New York

Author Salman Rushdie's attack leads to trial of accused Hadi Matar in NY, raising legal complexities.

The Guardian - US

Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie begins with jury selection

Hadi Matar, 26, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault

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Al Jazeera

Trial of Salman Rushdie attacker to launch with tricky jury selection

Hadi Matar accused of attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing the author on stage in 2022 in the United States.

The Independent UK

The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie will soon go on trial. The author will take the stand

The New Jersey man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack is set to stand trial in New York

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie set to testify as attempted murder trial gets under way

Hadi Matar, 26, accused of stabbing author 10 times in case likely to draw world’s media to tiny upstate New York town

The Independent UK

Zadie Smith on her groundbreaking debut, White Teeth, 25 years on: ‘I never think about my novels a year after I’ve written them’

INTERVIEW: The Cambridge student was only 24 when she released her ostentatious debut. Critics and fellow writers fell over themselves with enthusiasm, hailing Smith the voice of fiction’s future. Now, 25 years later, the author speaks to Nick Duerden about the book that changed her life

Reason

Top-Down Political Cowardice Helped Make Charlie Hebdo a Lonely Target

From Jimmy Carter to Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama to John Kerry, politicians have led the abandonment of free speech.

The Independent UK

Royal Society of Literature in chaos as director quits amid in-fighting and free speech rows

Dozens of high profile writers including Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro and Dame Marina Warner have all criticised its current leadership

The Guardian - UK

Royal Society of Literature rocked by departures of director and chair

Molly Rosenberg and Daljit Nagra will both stand down, as the society’s first-ever governance review is due to be published

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