Salman Rushdie

The author, 75, has suffered years of Islamist death threats since writing The Satanic Verses.

His next novel, Victory City, is due to be published in February 2023. Mr Reese is the co-founder of a non-profit that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution. 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. That fatwa has never formally been rescinded. Mr Rushdie was stabbed at least once in the neck, and at least once in the abdomen.

Salman Rushdie has been stabbed as he was about to give a speech in New York. The Satanic Verses author, 75, was attacked and suffered an apparent stab ...

the attacker is in custody. Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. “The amphitheater is evacuated. In 1989, shortly after the fatwa had been imposed, he said: “Frankly, I wish I had written a more critical book. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. John Bulette, 85, said: “There was a huge security lapse. I’m very sad that it should have happened. “On August 12, 2022, at about 11 a.m., a male suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer. He ran with lightning speed over to him.” He had a loose black garment on. Paula Voell told Buffalo News: “It was pretty clear instantly that he was being attacked. “The interviewer suffered a minor head injury.

Sir Salman was due to speak at an event of the Chautauqua Institution on Friday. According to reports, witnesses then saw a man run onto the stage and attack ...

You need a pass to access the grounds but it is not too difficult get in.” Chautauqua has always prided itself as a place where people can engage in civil dialogue,” he said, Please consult the NYS Police statement.” 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,” she said. In a press conference held in Jamestown, New York, police officials alleged the suspect jumped on stage and stabbed the writer at least once in the neck and once in the stomach. A statement from the New York State Police department said a man “ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer”.

The author of The Satanic Verses was once the subject of a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Nonetheless, Mr Rushdie was forced to be accompanied by personal protection for many years. In an interview with BBC Radio 4, he once said of the fatwa: “Frankly, I wish I had written a more critical book. He received treatment on stage and a video later showed him being taken by stretcher to a medical evacuation helicopter. The novel, which is heavy in Mr Rushdie’s magical realist style, recounts several episodes from Prophet Muhammad’s life. Another person who was due to interview Mr Rushdie was also attacked. He ran with lightning speed over to him.”

Police said the author had been taken by helicopter to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known. | ITV National News.

But it became evident in a few seconds that it wasn't," she said. He added the attack lasted about 20 seconds. 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," she added. "The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. Amid gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheatre. "

Writer has suffered death threats for decades. AUSTRIA-LITERATURE. Novelist Salman Rushdie has been violently attacked while delivering a lecture ...

Despite the death threats, Rushdie continued to advocate for freedom of speech and against extremism. Rushdie spent the immediate years after the fatwa changing homes in the U.K. Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie in 1989, declaring “The Satanic Verses” a blasphemy against Islam.

Writer who spent years in hiding after Iranian fatwa was to speak about freedom of expression.

Sir Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked on Friday as he was about to give a lecture in ...

In 2012, Sir Salman published a memoir, Joseph Anton, about the fatwa. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds. Amid gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheatre. A bloodied Sir Salman was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest. Sir Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Sir Salman on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced.

Sir Salman Rushdie was on Friday evening “alive” but in surgery after being stabbed in the neck on stage by a masked attacker three decades after Iran ...

Kathy Hochul, the New York Governor, said Rushdie was “alive” and “getting the care he needs” in hospital. Just hours before the attack, Salman had emailed me to help with placements for Ukrainian writers in need of safe refuge.” The author now lives in New York, where he is an advocate for freedom of speech. In 2012, an Iranian religious foundation raised the bounty from $2.8 million to $3.3 million. Witnesses said Rushdie was stabbed “10 to 15 times” and crashed through a stage barrier. Rita Landman, an audience member, said she believed the author suffered numerous knife wounds, including one to the right side of his neck.

The 75-year-old Indian-born British author, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua ...

You need a pass to access the grounds but it is not too difficult to get in.” We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced.” Chautauqua has always prided itself as a place where people can engage in civil dialogue. 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.” Please consult the NYS Police statement.” “Several members of the staff at the institution and audience members rushed the suspect and took him to the ground, and shortly thereafter, a trooper who was at the institution took the suspect into custody with the assistance of a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy.

Boris Johnson's "thoughts are with his loved ones" after Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed in New York earlier today.

Please consult the NYS Police statement." We are all hoping he is okay. Right now my thoughts are with his loved ones. Mr Johnson reacted to the news in a tweet, saying: "Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend. "Shocked and appalled to hear of the unprovoked and senseless attack on Sir Salman Rushdie," she wrote. Boris Johnson "appalled" at Sir Salman Rushdie stabbing in New York

The author, 75, was the target of a 'fatwa' by Iranian religious leaders over his 1988 book The Satanic Verses.

Mr Matar was taken into custody by a state trooper and sheriff’s deputy assigned to the event. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. New York State Police say they have arrested a 24-year-old man over the stabbing of Salman Rushdie at a literary event in western New York state on Friday. The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police “The news is not good,” his agent, Andrew Wylie, told reporters. The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police

The writer had no idea his novel would unleash such anger and become a litmus test of freedom of expression.

“The Satanic Verses is as important in my body of work as any of my other books,” he said. Abbas Salehi, the deputy minister of culture and Islamic guidance at the time, said: “Imam Khomeini’s fatwa is a religious decree and it will never lose its power or fade out.” In February 1989, Rushdie expressed remorse, saying: ‘‘I profoundly regret the distress that publication has occasioned to sincere followers of Islam.” The words had little impact, however. One Muslim-majority country after another banned the book, and in December thousands of Muslims demonstrated in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and burned a pile of the books. By October 1988, he already needed a bodyguard in the face of a deluge of death threats, cancelling trips and hunkering down. The Indian-born author had come from a career as an advertising copywriter, confecting slogans such as “naughty but nice” for cream cakes, for example.

The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie has been attacked on stage in New York.

New York State Police have confirmed they are investigating the attack. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage and begin punching or stabbing the author as he was being introduced. Sir Salman was then either taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained.

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.

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence.

A note to a French newspaper the next day said he died “preparing an attack on the apostate SR”. We have not fought this battle for freedom of speech to give in at the last moment.” He said it was “a great surprise and delight”, describing the “privilege” of being included in “such illustrious company”. The young graduate dabbled in fringe theatre before moving into advertising. Later in the year, as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, he was attacked by a man who stormed the stage. In 2022 he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. He was knighted in 2008 for his services to literature, an honour he was “thrilled and humbled” to receive. He told how Elizabeth, whom he had recently married, had shared with him eight and a quarter years of the nine and a half years of the ordeal. Hailing his newfound freedom, he took the opportunity to express his gratitude to his wife, Elizabeth, whom he described as a “heroine”. Inextricably trapped within the net of his own written words and with a £1 million-plus bounty on his head, Sir Salman Rushdie came to symbolise the freedom of the writer and the fragility of the profession in an age of prisoners of conscience. Like his father, he went to King’s College, Cambridge, where he read history and appeared as “a tiny bulb in The Footlights” along with Clive James and Germaine Greer. His Muslim grandfather had built a fortune manufacturing “leather cloth”, but India’s independence led to the creation of a separate Muslim state in Pakistan. Sir Salman’s was the wrong religion in the wrong country.

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

In 2012, Sir Salman published a memoir, Joseph Anton, about the fatwa. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds. Amid gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheatre. A bloodied Sir Salman was quickly surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, presumably to send more blood to his chest. Sir Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Sir Salman on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced.

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 75-year-old remains on a ventilator after being airlifted to hospital and undergoing hours of surgery following the attack on Friday.

‘All of us in the Biden-Harris Administration are praying for his speedy recovery. Ms Nossel added: ‘Our thoughts and passions now lie with our dauntless Salman, wishing him a full and speedy recovery. ‘The amphitheatre is a large outdoor venue where people have given lectures since the late 1800s. Chautauqua has always prided itself as a place where people can engage in civil dialogue. Please consult the NYS Police statement.’ He was knighted in 2008 and earlier this year was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Andrew Wylie, his book agent, said in a written statement: ‘The news is not good. The chief executive of Penguin Random House, Markus Dohle, said in a statement: ‘We are deeply shocked and appalled to hear of the attack on Salman Rushdie while he was speaking at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. ‘Several members of the staff at the institution and audience members rushed the suspect and took him to the ground, and shortly thereafter, a trooper who was at the institution took the suspect into custody with the assistance of a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy. He was stabbed at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen, according to police officials, before he was taken to hospital. ‘Shortly thereafter, the suspect jumped on to the stage and attacked Mr Rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. The 75-year-old remains on a ventilator after being airlifted to hospital and undergoing hours of surgery following the attack on Friday.

The 75-year-old Indian-born British author sustained injuries to his arm and liver in the stabbing.

“All of us in the Biden-Harris Administration are praying for his speedy recovery. You need a pass to access the grounds but it is not too difficult to get in.” We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced.” 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. It went on to bring him worldwide fame and was named “best of the Bookers” on the literary award’s 25th anniversary. “Several members of the staff at the institution and audience members rushed the suspect and took him to the ground, and shortly thereafter, a trooper who was at the institution took the suspect into custody with the assistance of a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy. “Shortly thereafter, the suspect jumped on to the stage and attacked Mr Rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. “Mr Rushdie was provided medical treatment by a doctor who was in the audience until EMS arrived on scene. Mr Wylie added the news was “not good” and the author will “likely lose one eye”. He said the nerves in Sir Salman’s arm were severed in the attack and his liver was “stabbed and damaged”. He was stabbed at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen, according to police officials, before he was taken to hospital.

The author of the 1988 book "The Satanic Verses" spent years in hiding after a fatwa calling for his death by Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah ...

He has just been the victim of a cowardly attack by the forces of hatred and barbarism. We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced." 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." Police said Rushdie was stabbed in the neck as well as the abdomen. For 33 years, Salman Rushdie has embodied freedom and the fight against obscurantism.

Sir Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on stage in New York state, is reportedly on a ventilator and could lose an eye.

“All of us in the Biden-Harris Administration are praying for his speedy recovery. We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced.” You need a pass to access the grounds but it is not too difficult to get in.” 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. Chief executive Markus Dohle said in a statement to PA: “We are deeply shocked and appalled to hear of the attack on Salman Rushdie while he was speaking at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. He was knighted in 2008 and earlier this year was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. It went on to bring him worldwide fame and was named “best of the Bookers” on the literary award’s 25th anniversary. “Several members of the staff at the institution and audience members rushed the suspect and took him to the ground, and shortly thereafter, a trooper who was at the institution took the suspect into custody with the assistance of a Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputy. “Shortly thereafter, the suspect jumped on to the stage and attacked Mr Rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. He said the nerves in Sir Salman’s arm were severed in the attack and his liver was “stabbed and damaged”. He was stabbed at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen, according to police officials, before he was taken to hospital.

The stabbing attack came after years of Islamist death threats against Mr Rushdie over The Satanic Verses, published in 1988. Fellow authors such as JK Rowling ...

"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.

'Satanic Verses' author may lose one eye as a result of Friday's assault, his agent says.

“Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the world. As a result of the stabbing, “the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was … damaged,” Wylie said. On Saturday French President Emmanuel Macron hailed Rushdie as a person who had “embodied freedom and the fight against obscurantism,” adding the author’s “fight is our fight; it is universal.”