FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 25 - Caught on Camera

Salman Rushdie has again instructed us in a profound lesson: great literature will always be a matter of life and death

The horrifying attack on the novelist during a talk at a New York state event reminded us courage sometimes carries a heavy cost

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

We internalised the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. This horrific attack is what follows

There has been terrible retreat from freedom of expression. We should ponder that as we condemn this outrage, says Jo Glanville, former editor of Index on Censorship

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

Sir Salman Rushdie’s suspected attacker identified

Sir Salman Rushdie, whose writing in the 1980s drew death threats, may lose an eye after being stabbed repeatedly at an event in New York, his agent has said.

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2022

Hezbollah official says group does not know anything about attack on Rushdie

An official from Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Saturday the group had no additional information on the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie.

Reuters · Aug 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie said he had ‘normal’ life just weeks before stabbing attack on stage

Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state - he is expected to lose his eye after the attack

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Rajiv Gandhi govt. decision to ban Rushdie's book was justified, taken for law & order reasons: Natwar Singh

Former Minister of State for External Affairs K. Natwar Singh said he was "very distressed" over the attack.

The Hindu · Aug 13, 2022

Activists Accuse Iran of Responsibility for Rushdie Attack

Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 order issued by its founder calling for the novelist to be killed, activists and opponents charged Saturday. While the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini over Rushdie's novel "The…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 13, 2022

Rushdie told German magazine his life is now 'relatively normal'

In an interview conducted just weeks before he was stabbed and seriously wounded by an attacker in New York state, author Salman Rushdie said his life was now "relatively normal", after having lived in hiding for years because of death threats.

Reuters · Aug 13, 2022

Salman Rushdie attack: Iranians react with mixture of praise and concern

Praise for attack on writer targeted by decades-old fatwa comes as some fear incident will leave Iran more isolated

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

'I am happy to hear he was attacked' - Iranians react to Salman Rushdie stabbing

Sir Salman has been the subject of a 'fatwa' since the 1980s

Wales Online · Aug 13, 2022