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Salman Rushdie Attack Case Judge Denies Bail to Hadi Matar

Mayville: A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York. Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage at … Read more

August 19, 2022
Salman Rushdie Attacker ‘Surprised’ the Author Survived

Mayville: The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York said in an interview that he was surprised to learn that the accomplished author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from jail, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution after … Read more

August 18, 2022
Iran Denies Being Involved In Attack On Salman Rushdie

Dubai: An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack. The comments by Nasser Kanaani, the spokesperson of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, came more than two days after the attack on Rushdie in New York. … Read more

August 15, 2022
Harry Potter Author JK Rowling Receives Death Threat After Condemning Attack On Salman Rushdie

London: Harry Potter Author JK Rowling has received a public death threat from an Iran-backing extremist, following her condemnation of attack on fellow Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie. 57-year-old Rowling, who has previously been targeted by some trans activists for her beliefs on gender, took to Twitter to share screenshots of the threat message … Read more

August 14, 2022
Salman Rushdie Attacker Hadi Matar Pleads Not Guilty In Court

New Delhi: Hadi Matar, the man who allegedly attacked Salman Rushdie at an event and was charged with attempted murder and assault, has pleaded not guilty in a New York court. An attorney for 24-year-old Hadi Matar entered the not-guilty plea on his behalf during an arraignment hearing while a prosecutor called the attack a … Read more

August 14, 2022
Salman Rushdie Off Ventilator And Talking After Attack, Says Agent

New York: “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.Also Read – Salman Rushdie Attacked: Joe Biden Issues Statement Expressing Shock And Sorrow Over Assault Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious … Read more

August 14, 2022
Muslim Cleric Deplores Attack On Salman Rushdie

Lucknow: Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahalia senior member of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Saturday while denouncing the attack on controversial writer Salman Rushdie said that no one has the right to take the law into his hand. Salman Rushdie, who faced death threats for years from Islamists after writingThe Satanic Verses” … Read more

August 13, 2022
Suggestions To Increase Security At Salman Rushdie Event Was Ignored Report

New Delhi: 75-year-old Salman Rushdie is on ventilator after he was brutally attacked during an event in New York. Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a 24-year-old man, who hailed from New Jersey, as he was on stage at the Chautauqua Institution, a not-for-profit community on Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New … Read more

August 13, 2022
Video Captures Moments Of Author Salman Rushdie Being Stabbed On Stage By Attacker Hadi Matar

New York: Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was stabbed Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. The 75-year-old author was stabbed multiple times on the neck and abdomen. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at … Read more

August 13, 2022
Who Is Hadi Matar Man Who Attacked Salman Rushdie

New Delhi: Salman Rushdie is now battling for life after he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen during an event in New York. His attacker has been identified as Hati Matar, a man from New Jersey sympathetic who was reportedly “sympathetic” to Shia extremism. A bloodied Rushdie, 75, on Friday was flown to a … Read more

August 13, 2022