Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American, has been threatened with death since 1989, a year after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses, when the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for his assassination and set a …

19 hours ago · NEW YORK - Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with ...

1 day ago · Hadi Matar, center, stands at the defense table with his attorneys before the start of the second day of his trial at the Chautauqua County Courthouse, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Mayville, N.Y. Matar is charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie. (AP …

21 hours ago · Testimony is set to continue Tuesday in the trial of the man charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack on a western New York stage.. Jurors in the trial of Hadi ...

2 days ago · Sir Salman Rushdie on the stabbing attack. The trial of a man who allegedly stabbed renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye, began on ...

1 day ago · Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn’t even try to fight back, a prosecutor said Monday during opening ...

1 day ago · A trial has begun for the man accused of violently stabbing Salman Rushdie onstage at a literary event in 2022, which left the British author permanently blind in one eye.

2 days ago · The man accused of attacking the author Salman Rushdie appeared to be “on a mission” as he rushed onstage with a knife, a prosecutor said in opening statements in the stabbing trial in western ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Hadi Matar, left, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led into Chautauqua County court by public defender Nathaniel Barone before the start of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

18 hours ago · Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. “I only saw him at the last minute ...