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Iran’s top Shia cleric issues fatwa against Trump, Netanyahu; calls them ‘enemies of God’Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has declared U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as "enemies of God" in a new f...
Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022Salman Rushdie testified in a New York courtroom against Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempted murder and assault for stabbing Rushdie ...
The tale of a Salman Rushdie book and the restriction it faced in India for 36 yearsIndia lifted a long-standing restriction on Salman Rushdie's controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," which was originally banned in 1988...
Novelist Salman Rushdie set to publish memoir 'Knife' about being stabbed in 2022Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie will publish a memoir titled 'Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder' in April 2024. The memoir w...
View: Rushdie's ground, anywhere but beneath his feetHis new novel, alas, will be seen through the prism of last year’s attack on himen through the prism of last year’s attack on him.
Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker: State mediaAn Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will re...
Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and handRushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after publi...
Salman Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assaultHadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage...
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack: Agent Andrew WylieRushdie remained hospitalised with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was "off the ventilator...
Salman Rushdie: The free speech champion whose 'verses' put his life at riskMore than 33 years after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill him, Rushdie, 75, was st...
New York State police identify suspect who attacked Salman Rushdie"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...
Salman Rushdie stabbed onstage, rushed to hospitalAn Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was...
Iran imposes new $600,000 fatwa on author Salman RushdieAbout 40 organisations, including state-run media outlets, raised the sum to reinforce the religious edict calling for Rushdie's assassinat...
Verses and Versions of PowerSaul Bellow said that Rushdie may "have believed mistakenly that the civilisation of the west had once and for all triumphed over exotic fu...
- Salman Rushdie goes silent on Twitter, no hints about his India visit
Even as uncertainty looms over Rushdie's appearance at the Jaipur Literature Fesivalt, the author himself is not giving any hints about his...
- Salman Rushdie visit controversy: Ashok Gehlot wary of 'law and order' situation
The Centre has been maintaining that person of Indian origin status of Rushdie leaves him free to visit the country.
- UPA should pay no heed to the demand to deny Salman Rushdie entry
The demand is absurd and should be dismissed. But the BJP, the SP and the RLD have rushed in to endorse it.
- Congress, Samajwadi Party, RLD support ban on Salman Rushdie's visit to India
The "secular parties" on Tuesday were falling over each other to coddle the fatwa-issuing clerics and support their latest directive.
- Salman Rushdie: I don't need visa to visit India
Controversial author Salman Rushdie has brushed aside opposition to his India trip by top Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, saying he d...
- I don't need visa to visit India: Salman Rushdie
Controversial author Salman Rushdie has brushed aside opposition to his India trip by top Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband.