Salman Rushdie

Updated August 12, 2022 at 2:53 PM ET. Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born author who received death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday morning ...

The suspect was immediately taken into custody and Rushdie was transported to a local hospital. Police said a male suspect charged the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer at approximately 11 a.m. ET. Rushdie was transported to a local hospital by helicopter with an apparent stab wound to the neck, police said.

NEW YORK: Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, ...

"I felt like we needed to have more protection there because Salman Rushdie is not a usual writer," said Anour Rahmani, an Algerian writer and human rights activist who was in the audience. "The worst thing Chautauqua could do is back away from its mission in light of this tragedy, and I don't think Mr. Rushdie would want that either." Rushdie published a memoir in 2012 about his cloistered, secretive life under the fatwa called "Joseph Anton," the pseudonym he used while in British police protection. "A man jumped up on the stage from I don't know where and started what looked like beating him on the chest, repeated fist strokes into his chest and neck," said Bradley Fisher, who was in the audience. A doctor in the audience helped tend to Rushdie while emergency services arrived, police said. "The news is not good," Andrew Wylie, his book agent, wrote in an email.

Sir Salman Rushdie, who has been stabbed while on stage in New York, has received death threats due to his work over a five-decade literary career. Many of the ...

He now lives in the US, and was knighted in 2007 for his services to literature. But the backlash to the book grew, and two months later, street protests gathered momentum. In 2012, he published a memoir of his life in the wake of the controversy over The Satanic Verses. He became a British citizen, and allowed his Muslim faith to lapse. The surrealist, post-modern novel sparked outrage among some Muslims, who considered its content to be blasphemous. Rushdie rejected charges of blasphemy.

New York State Police said a male suspect ran onto the stage and attacked the Indian-born author and an interviewer. Rushdie's condition is unknown.

The Wylie Agency, which represents Rushdie, did not respond to a request for comment. Earlier in the morning, Rushdie had emailed her to help with relocating Ukrainian writers seeking refuge, she said. Rushdie has been a fierce critic of religion across the spectrum. His new novel "Victory City" is due to be published in February. Iranian organizations, some affiliated with the government, have raised a bounty worth millions of dollars for Rushdie's murder. Rushdie, 75, was taken by helicopter to a hospital but police said his condition was not yet known.

NOVELIST IAN MCEWAN: "This appalling attack on my dear friend Salman represents an assault on freedom of thought and speech. These are the freedoms that ...

Thoughts with @SalmanRushdie and his loved ones." My thoughts are with Sir Salman and his family." "This attack is shocking and appalling. Our thoughts are with him and his family." "PEN International utterly condemns the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie. Salman is an esteemed and celebrated author and beloved member of the PEN community, who has been facing threats for his work for years. "Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend. "I just learned that Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York. I am really shocked. "This appalling attack on my dear friend Salman represents an assault on freedom of thought and speech. He is a fiery and generous spirit, a man of immense talent and courage and he will not be deterred." "I don't know why this happened to Salman Rushdie or actually WHAT happened. "We can think of no comparable incident of a public attack on a literary writer on American soil. "Rushdie has paid a high price.

Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage ...

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NEW YORK: British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, remained in emergency surgery Friday after ...

“What I saw today was the essence of intolerance.” We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced.” - AFP Police said Rushdie was stabbed in the neck as well as the abdomen. He was granted police protection by the government in Britain, where he was at school and where he made his home, following the murder or attempted murder of his translators and publishers. LeVan, a Chautauqua regular, said the suspect “was trying to stab him as many times as possible before he was subdued,“ adding that he believed the man “was trying to kill” Rushdie. A number of people rushed to the stage and took the suspect to the ground, before a trooper present at the event arrested him.

NEW YORK: British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye after ...

Another witness, John Stein, told ABC that the assailant "started stabbing on the right side of the head, of the neck. "What I saw today was the essence of intolerance." We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced." "Our thoughts and passions now lie with our dauntless Salman, wishing him a full and speedy recovery. Police said Rushdie was stabbed in the neck as well as the abdomen. LeVan, a Chautauqua regular, said the suspect "was trying to stab him as many times as possible before he was subdued," adding that he believed the man "was trying to kill" Rushdie.

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who ...

In 2012, Rushdie published a memoir, “Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. The death threats and bounty led Rushdie to go into hiding under a British government protection program, including a round-the-clock armed guard. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Rushdie on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds. Amid gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheater. Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Salman Rushdie, the author of "The Satanic Verses," was brutally attacked just as he was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution.

NEW YORK: Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the ...

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Author was attacked by a man storming the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

A statement from New York state police said: “On August 12, 2022, at about 11am, a male suspect ran up on to the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer. Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. You need a pass to access the grounds but it is not too difficult get in. A state trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. Eyewitness reports said that a man wearing a black mask rushed onstage and began to attack Rushdie as he was sitting on the stage. The statement continued: “The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. Speaking to the Guardian, Japanese-born English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro said: “He’s been incredibly brave through all these years, continuously putting himself on the line for the right to think and speak freely, despite the dangers that never went away. But here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power, someone who’s been out there unafraid, despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life.” Chautauqua has always prided itself as a place where people can engage in civil dialogue. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin assaulting Rushdie as he was being introduced. Phone footage captured moments after the attack shows audience members scrambling on to the stage to help. Photos taken by an Associated Press reporter show Rushdie lying on his back, with a first responder crouched over him.

(Reuters) - 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 ...

- Aug 12, 2022: Rushdie is attacked on stage at a literary event in Chautauqua, western New York state, and is flown by helicopter to a local hospital for treatment. - Oct 13, 2015: Rushdie warns of new dangers to freedom of speech in the West amid tight security at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The Iranian Ministry of Culture cancelled its national stand at the fair because of Rushdie's appearance. - June 15, 2007: Rushdie is awarded a knighthood by Britain's Queen Elizabeth for services to literature, prompted diplomatic protests from Pakistan and Iran and demonstrations in Pakistan and Malaysia. - July 3, 1991: Ettore Capriolo, Italian translator of The Satanic Verses, is beaten and attacked with a knife in his Milan flat by a man who says he is Iranian. - Feb 12, 1989: At least six people are killed in the Pakistani city of Islamabad in shooting between police and gunmen in a crowd protesting against the sale of the novel in the United States. - Feb 24, 1989: Twelve people are killed in Mumbai when police open fire to prevent a crowd of 10,000 protesters marching on the British High Commission.

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

Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said on Friday evening that he was put on a ventilator and had suffered significant injuries: “The news is not good. Spectators and institution staffers rushed Matar and tackled him after the stabbing, Staniszewski added. Rushdie, 75, was about to speak at a literary festival hosted by the Chautauqua Institution late in the morning when Matar allegedly rushed on stage and stabbed him at least once in the neck and the stomach, Maj Eugene Staniszewski of New York state police major said.

The Satanic Verses author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at an event in New York state.

"Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the world. There has been no reaction from the Iranian government to Mr Rushdie's stabbing. Mr Reese is the co-founder of a non-profit organisation that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution. A doctor in the audience gave Mr Rushdie first aid. A year after the book's release, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini called for Mr Rushdie's execution. He was taken to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, by helicopter.

The British author of “The Satanic Verses”, which sparked fury among some Muslims who believed it was blasphemous, had to be airlifted to hospital for ...

We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced.” – AFP A doctor in the audience administered medical care until emergency first responders arrived. LeVan, a Chautauqua regular, said the suspect “was trying to stab him as many times as possible before he was subdued,” adding that he believed the man “was trying to kill” Rushdie. He was granted police protection by the government in Britain, where he was at school and where he made his home, following the murder or attempted murder of his translators and publishers. “What many of us witnessed today was a violent expression of hate that shook us to our core,” the Chautauqua Institution said in a statement. His agent said in a statement obtained by The New York Times that “the news is not good.”

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

“As I have already said, this is a bullet for which there is a target. “The decision made about Salman Rushdie is still valid,” Khamenei said in 1989. Staffers there declined to immediately comment, referring questions to an official not in the office. Early on Saturday, Iranian state media made a point of mentioning a man identified as being killed while trying to carry out the fatwa. “This is the fate for anybody who insults sanctities.” “The news is not good.

(Reuters) - Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, ...

“A thousand bravos ... to the brave and dutiful person who attacked the apostate and evil Salman Rushdie in New York," adding, “The hand of the man who tore the neck of God's enemy must be kissed”. The Khorasan daily carried the headline: “Satan on the way to hell”. There was no official reaction yet in Iran to the attack on Rushdie, who was stabbed in the neck and torso on Friday while onstage at a lecture in New York state.

Messages of outrage and support are pouring in from all corners of the globe after writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed at an upstate New York venue where he ...

"He has devoted tireless energy to assisting others who are vulnerable and menaced." "Devastated by the news about @SalmanRushdie. He was the first writer I ever met and his determination to defend his freedom (and that of others) in the face of religious extremism has been a constant inspiration. He has just been the victim of a cowardly attack by the forces of hatred and barbarism. American writers and organizations have also been left reeling from the attack. Bravo to the warrior and dutiful man who attacked the Apostate and wicked Salman Rushdie. The hand of the warrior must be kissed. "Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend.

Author Rushdie is on ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state.

- “A man jumped up on the stage from I don’t know where and started what looked like beating him on the chest, repeated fist strokes into his chest and neck,” said Bradley Fisher, who was in the audience. - Iran’s government has since distanced itself from the decree, but anti-Rushdie sentiment has lingered. Nobody knew how to react. “Nobody knew what to do. - Police confirmed Rushdie was stabbed “at least once in the neck, and at least once in the abdomen” on Friday after an assailant rushed to the stage and lunged at the 75-year-old writer just as he was being introduced to the audience. Author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday at a literary event in New York state, is on a ventilator and unable to speak.

HADI MATAR, the suspect in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state, has been charged with attempted murder and is being held...

Rushdie has lived with a bounty on his head since 1989.-Reuters Schmidt said state and federal law enforcement agencies, including in New Jersey, were working to understand the planning and preparation which preceded the attack and determine whether additional charges should be filed. Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned late on Friday on charges of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree, the county's district attorney, Jason Schmidt, said in a statement.

The venue where renowned author Salman Rushdie -- whose controversial work has triggered death threats -- was stabbed Friday had rejected previous ...

Staff and audience members rushed to the attacker and put him on the ground before a state trooper took him into custody, police said. "He came in the left side and leapt across the stage and just lunged at him. Also injured Friday was Henry Reese, co-founder of the Pittsburgh nonprofit City of Asylum, who was scheduled to join Rushdie in a discussion, police said. "We will assess for each of the events at the Institution what we think the appropriate level of security is and that's an ongoing process that we work in concert with local law enforcement on." "The nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged. Authorities have not disclosed the type of weapon that was used in the attack.

The stabbing attack came after years of Islamist death threats against the Indian-born novelist over The Satanic Verses, published in 1988. Fellow authors such ...

"He has also supported other writers across the world who have been suffering from other sorts of pressures. "Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the world. He is a fiery and generous spirit, a man of immense talent and courage and he will not be deterred," he added.

Suspect, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey remanded without bail over alleged attack on author in New York.

A helicopter crew flew Rushdie to a hospital in nearby Erie, Pennsylvania, where he underwent surgery. He suffered a relatively minor facial wound during the attack. The crime, under New York law, can carry up to 25 years in prison upon conviction. Rushdie suffered three stab wounds to the right front of his neck, another four to his stomach, one each to his right eye and chest, and a cut to his right thigh, Schmidt said on Saturday. Investigators had earlier booked Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, with one count of attempted second-degree murder in Rushdie’s stabbing and one count of second-degree assault on a man who shared a stage with the author at the time of the attack on Friday, according to a statement from authorities. The man suspected of stabbing the novelist Salman Rushdie at a literary festival in western New York pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault at a court appearance on Saturday.

PARIS: Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 orde...

“There’s been a fatwa on Salman Rushdie from Khomeini since 1989 and the Islamic Republic of Iran never backed off the fatwa. The daily Kayhan, whose editor is appointed by Khamenei, hailed the attacker as “this courageous and duty-conscious man... Now Islamic Republic promoters are praising the assassination and threaten me with the same fate as Salman Rushdie,“ said Alinejad. “This is the real Islamic Republic; you negotiate with such a regime and allow its supporters and lobbyists into your society. But an answer posted to a question on Khamenei’s website Khamenei.ir in February 2017 said that the fatwa was still valid. There was no immediate confirmation it belonged to the attacker.

A 24-year-old New Jersey man was charged with attempted murder in Friday's attack, which occurred in Chautauqua, N.Y. The author underwent surgery and was ...

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WASHINGTON: Hadi Matar, the suspect in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state, has been charged with attempted murder and is ...

Police said on Friday they had not established a motive for the attack on Rushdie, 75, who was being introduced to give a talk to an audience of hundreds on artistic freedom when the attacker rushed to the stage and lunged at the novelist. Rushdie has lived with a bounty on his head since 1989. New York and New Jersey police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the NBC New York report.

Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed, and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” his book agent wrote.

“The news is not good,” Andrew Wylie, his book agent, wrote in an email. A state trooper present at the event took the attacker into custody, police reported. Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was ordered to be killed by Iran in 1989, was stabbed several times during an event in New York State on Friday. After hours of surgery, Salman Rushdie remains connected to a ventilator and is unable to speak.

The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him.

Since then, Mr. Rushdie has published eight novels and a 2012 memoir, “ Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. Mr. Rushdie seemed perfectly comfortable out in the world, he said. Mr. Koch said that several people worked to separate the assailant from Mr. Rushdie, and were able to do so before a uniformed officer arrived and placed the attacker in handcuffs. But the fatwa remains in place, reportedly with a bounty attached from an Iranian religious foundation of some $3.3 million as of 2012. He was barred from the country for more than a decade. The attack was decried by literary figures and public officials. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, issued a religious edict known as a fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989, ordering Muslims to kill Mr. Rushdie. A price was put on his head of several million dollars. Mary Newsom, who attended the lecture, said that some people thought at first that it might be a stunt. On Friday morning, any sense that threats to his life were a thing of the past was dispelled when an attacker rushed the stage of Chautauqua Institution here in Western New York, where Mr. Rushdie was scheduled to give a talk about the United States as a safe haven for exiled writers. “The news is not good,” Mr. Wylie said in an email. The brazen attack on Mr. Rushdie shook the literary world. Mr. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said Friday evening that Mr. Rushdie was on a ventilator and could not speak.

Chautauqua, N.Y. (AP) -- Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and ...

Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was brutally attacked this week. He has been the subject of death threats since his book The Satanic Verses was ...

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The accused attacker, 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, entered a not guilty plea at a court appearance on Saturday, his court-appointed lawyer, ...

Ali Tehfe, mayor of Yaroun in southern Lebanon, said Matar was the son of a man from the town. In 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, pronounced a fatwa, or religious edict, calling on Muslims to kill the author and anyone involved in the book's publication for blasphemy. There was no visible police presence on Saturday at the house, a two-story brick-and-mortar home in a largely Spanish-speaking neighborhood. Matar was born in California and recently moved to New Jersey, the NBC New York report said, adding that he had a fake driver's license on him. Rushdie was stabbed 10 times, prosecutors said during Matar's arraignment, according to the New York Times. In a statement on Saturday, President Joe Biden commended the “universal ideals” that Rushdie and his work embody.

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

Salman Rushdie—with his insight into humanity, with his unmatched sense for story, with his refusal to be intimidated or silenced—stands for essential, universal ideals. Jill and I were shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday in New York. We, together with all Americans and people around the world, are praying for his health and recovery. And today, we reaffirm our commitment to those deeply American values in solidarity with Rushdie and all those who stand for freedom of expression.

Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US.

NEW YORK: The knife attack on author Salman Rushdie has fanned interest in his works – above all, “The Satanic Verses,” which left him living for years ...

"Some of our younger employees had never heard of him. Police and witnesses said 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairfield, New Jersey, was wrestled to the ground as he continued his attack, which left Rushdie in serious condition. At the sprawling Strand Bookstore, New York's biggest and probably most famous book emporium, the attack brought a spike in interest, and in sales of new and used Rushdie volumes.

The accused attacker, 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, entered a not guilty plea at a court appearance yesterday, his court-appointed lawyer, ...

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The Satanic Verses author was repeatedly stabbed while on stage at a US literary event on Friday.

Mr Rushdie was born in Bombay, India in 1947. Many Muslims reacted with fury to it, arguing that the portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad was a grave insult to their faith. Henry Reese, who had been due to interview Mr Rushdie at the event, suffered a minor head injury.

WASHINGTON, FAIRVIEW, New Jersey/BEIRUT (Aug 13): Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalised on Saturday with serious injuries, a day after he ...

Ali Tehfe, mayor of Yaroun in southern Lebanon, said Matar was the son of a man from the town. In 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, pronounced a fatwa, or religious edict, calling on Muslims to kill the author and anyone involved in the book's publication for blasphemy. Matar was born in California and recently moved to New Jersey, the NBC New York report said, adding that he had a fake driver's licence on him. There was no visible police presence on Saturday at the house, a two-story brick-and-mortar home in a largely Spanish-speaking neighbourhood. In a statement on Saturday, President Joe Biden commended the "universal ideals" that Rushdie and his work embody. Rushdie was stabbed 10 times, prosecutors said during Matar's arraignment, according to the Times.