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Salman Rushdie pulls out as commencement speaker at California college over protest threats

Celebrated British-Indian author Salman Rushdie will no longer deliver the commencement address at Claremont McKenna College.

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Author Salman Rushdie joins Hay Festival line-up

The Indian-born British author will speak at the literary and arts festival in June to discuss his recent books, Knife and Victory City.

Evening Standard · May 5, 2025

Sentencing of attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie adjourned

Hadi Matar, found guilty of attempted murder in 2022 attack that partially blinded author, to be sentenced 16 May

The Guardian - US · Apr 23, 2025

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Salman Rushdie's first book of fiction since his stabbing will be published in November

Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025

Man Found Guilty Of Trying To Kill Salman Rushdie

An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author.

International Business Times · Feb 21, 2025

Man found guilty of attempted murder of novelist Salman Rushdie

Rushdie was stabbed with a knife multiple times in the head and neck

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025

Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author

The British-American novelist was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the August 2022 attack. Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty to the charges

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

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How 27-second knife attack nearly cost Salman Rushdie his life after surviving decades of death threats

Satanic Verses writer told Hadi Matar’s trial in New York how he narrowly avoided death after attacker with ‘ferocious’ eyes left him in ‘lake’ of blood

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

Man found guilty of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial

Jury convicts Hadi Matar, 27, charged with trying to kill author at literary gathering in New York state in 2022

The Guardian - US · Feb 21, 2025

Trial Of New Jersey Man In Rushdie Stabbing

Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie, chooses not to testify in his defense. Rushdie sustains serious injuries in the attack.

Closing Arguments In Rushdie Attack Trial

The trial of Hadi Matar, accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie, reaches its conclusion with closing arguments imminent.

Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in the trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie

Lawyers are set to deliver their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a western New York lecture stage

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has declined to testify in his defense

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2025

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 · Feb 16, 2025

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The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2025

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 · Feb 13, 2025

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 · Feb 11, 2025

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

International Business Times · Feb 11, 2025

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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The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2025

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 Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025

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

International Business Times · Feb 10, 2025

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.

The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2025

‘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 · Feb 10, 2025

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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