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Salman Rushdie stabbing: Assailant identified as Hadi Mattar, an Islamist with pro-Iran views

WASHINGTON: Law enforcement authorities in New York on Friday identified author Salman Rushdie's assailant as 24-year-old Hadi Matar from New Jersey, believed, on the basis of his social media posts, to be a supporter of fundamentalist forces in Iran which initiated a fatwa on the writer in 1988.

The Times of India

Stabbing of Rushdie thrusts a tranquil literary retreat into mayhem

Before Salman Rushdie arrived on Friday, the bucolic New York retreat where the author was due to speak had arranged for a law enforcement presence at his lecture, mindful that the security might be needed for a man who faced death threats.

Reuters

Who is Salman Rushdie? Author whose book The Satanic Verses made him a target

The Indian-born writer has been stabbed in New York, and it’s not his first brush with violence

The Guardian - UK

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Salman Rushdie on ventilator and will likely lose an eye after attack, his agent says

The Satanic Verses author cannot speak and the nerves in his arm are severed, his agent said

The Independent UK

What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie’s backstory moves center stage after attack

After Salman Rushdie was attacked as he began a lecture Friday in western New York, it was a potent reminder that an Islamic leader had issued a high-profile edict calling for the writer’s death in reaction to his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.”

Los Angeles Times

Salman Rushdie may lose eye, is on ventilator, agent says

Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver after he was stabbed on Friday, his agent said, adding that Rushdie was on a ventilator.

Reuters

Police identify Salman Rushdie attack suspect as 24-year-old from New Jersey

Hadi Matar, 24, in custody after author of Satanic Verses was stabbed at literary event in western New York

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Salman Rushdie: Stephen King, Nigella Lawson and more react as author stabbed onstage in New York

‘The Satanic Verses’ author was stabbed in the neck while at a literary event

The Independent UK

By chance, AP reporter on scene to witness Rushdie attack

By chance, Associated Press reporter Joshua Goodman was at the venue in western New York when author Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie Stabbed at Upstate N.Y. Lecture, by Man "with Sympathies Toward Iranian Government"

The suspect has apparently just been identified as Hadi Matar; the N.Y. Sun (Joe Marino & Evan Simko-Bednarski) reports, A New Jersey man with sympathies toward the Iranian government was arrested and accused of stabbing famed novelist Salman Rushdie on Friday, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation….…

Reason

Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect ID'd as author still in surgery after brutal attack

The Satanic Verses novelist Sir Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker has reportedly been identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar, from Fairview, New Jersey, by three law enforcement sources

Daily Mirror

Hadi Matar arrested for stabbing Salman Rushdie in neck in horror New York attack

Author spent years in hiding after a ‘fatwa’ was issued by the Iranian supreme leader in 1988

The Independent UK

Blood and terror: witnesses tell of attack on Salman Rushdie at literary festival

Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie: Boris Johnson and JK Rowling among those who reacted to author’s stabbing

The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police

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Al Jazeera

Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed in New York: Reactions

Rushdie was stabbed on stage just before he was about to give a lecture at a literary festival in New York state.

The Independent UK

Sir Salman Rushdie: Who is he, what is he known for and what happened to him?

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence.

The Independent UK

The reaction to The Satanic Verses forced Salman Rushdie into hiding – but he would re-emerge

The response to the author’s fourth novel became front-page news around the world and would leave a lasting impression, writes David Lister

Reuters

Events following Iran's fatwa against author Salman Rushdie

Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York state lecture stage on Friday, spent years in hiding after he was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing.

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Al Jazeera

Key dates in the life of author Salman Rushdie

The controversial author spent years in hiding after 1989 decree by the Iranian leader led to threats against his life.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie in surgery after stabbing, literary agent says

The author was airlifted to the hospital after being stabbed in the neck several times

The Guardian - UK

A tsunami of outrage: Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses

The writer had no idea his novel would unleash such anger and become a litmus test of freedom of expression

Radio France Internationale

Author Salman Rushdie taken to hospital after attack in New York State

Author Salman Rushdie was on Friday recovering from surgery in hospital after he was stabbed in the neck as he was about to give a lecture in New York state.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie: Stephen King and other literary figures react as author stabbed onstage in New York

‘The Satanic Verses’ author was stabbed in the neck while at a literary event

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie: timeline of the novelist’s career

The critically acclaimed writer rose to fame in 1981 and later received death threats for The Satanic Verses

The Guardian - US

‘This is shocking’: writers and celebrities horrified by Salman Rushdie attack

Author, who has previously faced death threats, was stabbed as he was about to deliver a lecture in western New York

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