Salman Rushdie Attack

Before being sentenced, Matar stood and made a statement about freedom of speech in which he called Rushdie a hypocrite.

In Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder, Salman Rushdie recounts the near-fatal attack on him in vivid detail

Salman Rushdie recounts the horrific attack on his life in August 2022 in a new memoir, Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder. In an interview on an NPR podcast, he spoke about why he wrote about the attack, and how surviving it has changed him.

Salman Rushdie releases excerpts of new book 4 months after stabbing

The celebrated author, 75, lost his vision in one eye and the use of one hand after he was attacked in New York in August.

Salman Rushdie has lost vision in one eye, hand disabled, says his agent

Celebrated author Salman Rushdie ,75, had been repeatedly stabbed on stage at an event in New York in August.

India condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

India on Thursday denounced the "horrific attack" and wished Salman Rushdie a swift recovery in its initial response to the writer's stabbing.

Salman and the sea of stories

It's been more than three decades since Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing 'The Satanic Verses'.

Roots of attack on Salman Rushdie lie in British India, not in Iran

It was the Indian government, led by Congress, that had first banned Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" under 295A section of criminal code which criminalises “insults” to religious and other social groups. It is a British-era law which is still in practice.

Salman Rushdie attacker came back changed after Lebanon trip, locked himself in basement, says mother

Hadi Matar, 24, from New Jersey had stabbed author Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York on August 12. He was taken into custody and charged with attempted murder.