Rushdie was in hiding for years after Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.

"India has always stood against violence and extremism. We condemn the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie and we wish him a speedy recovery,...

Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage...

Hadi Matar, of Fairview in New Jersey, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault after he stabbed ...

The suspected assailant, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges, did not say whether he was inspired by the 1989 edict, or ...

"New York State will always stand up to protect freedom of expression, freedom of speech and we condemn the cowardly attack on Salman Rushd...

The family expressed gratitude to the audience members who bravely leapt to Rushdie's defence and administered first-aid after he was stabb...

Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident id...

Rowling, who has previously been criticised for her comments on transgender people, had on Friday shared a tweet expressing horror at the a...

Rushdie remained hospitalised with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was "off the ventilator...

"Jill and I were shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday in New York. We, together with all America...

While attending the Prague Writers' Festival in 2001, he told reporters, "To be here and to find a large security operation around me has a...

With focus back on Rushdie's book in the wake of the attack on him in New York, Singh, who was the minister of state for external affairs w...

Though there are no direct links between Matar and the IRGC, law enforcement officers reportedly found images of slain commander Qassem Sol...

"The suspect has been identified as Hadi Matar, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey. Earlier today, approx. at 10:47 am, the speaker Rushdie,75 a...

The New York Times (NYT) reported that according to Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, the Mumbai-born controversial author was on a ventilator...

An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was...