Salman Rushdie

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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Rushdie had spent several years under heavily armed guard following death threats from Iran.

An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. “Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. The interviewer suffered a minor head injury.” They continued: More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

Mr Rushdie has faced death threats for most of his adult life following the publication of his 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses', which some Muslims decried as ...

The author fell to the floor and the attacker was detained by police, witnesses said, while Mr Rushdie received treatment and was able to walk off the stage. Mr Rushdie, the renowned British Indian novelist, was on stage preparing to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when a man stormed the stage and began punching or stabbing him, according to an AP reporter who witnessed the attack. Author Salman Rushdie, who was once the subject of a fatwa for his writing, has been attacked at an event in western New York, the Associated Press reports.

The novelist has lived under the threat of violence since 1989, when Iran's religious leader offered a reward for his death over a novel deemed blasphemous ...

A “ semi-official Iranian religious foundation” increased the reward for Rushdie’s killing to $3.3 million from $2.7 million to in 2012, according to the AP, though at the time the author said there was “no evidence” of anyone seeking it. After Khomeini issued the fatwa on Rushdie, the author went into hiding for several years and was granted protection from U.K. police. Some religious readers disagreed with Rushdie’s references of the prophet Muhammad, and found the book insulting to Muslims. The book was banned in several countries, including Rushdie’s home country India, where he was banned from going for roughly 10 years.

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.

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.

Author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s reportedly stabbed in the neck.

Rushdie was due to speak to Henry Reese, from the City of Asylum organisation, a residency programme for writers living in exile under threat of persecution. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. His other works include the Moor’s Last Sight and Shalimar The Clown, which was long-listed for the Booker.

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

The author was about to give a talk at a prestigious event in Chautauqua, N.Y., when he was stabbed in the neck.

LeVan said attendees also came on to the stage to try to help. “I went to the talk to find out why people would want to kill someone for their writing,” he said. People in attendance were told to evacuate the venue after the attack. Friday’s attack on Rushdie, who has become the standard-bearer for the cause of literary freedom of expression, stunned free speech advocates and organizations. Book stores and people connected to the book around the world, such as publishers, were attacked. By 2005, Khomeini’s successor, Ali Khamenei, said the fatwa was still valid, and in 2016, state-run media outlets added an additional $600,000 to the bounty on Rushdie’s head, bringing it to well over $3 million.

Updated August 12, 2022 at 2:11 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.

The Indian-born British author, 75, has been taken to hospital by helicopter but his condition is not yet known.

He was knighted in 2007, a move that was criticised by the Iranian and Pakistani governments. But Ayatollah Khomeini's successor as Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in 2005 that the fatwa was still valid. "At about 11am, a male suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer. After that, people in the audience got up on stage and pinned the attacker down. The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office assisted at the scene." 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." A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. He was restrained and then arrested, and is now in custody. We will provide more details as we know them". we thought he was fixing his microphone and then we saw the knife. He starting stabbing him in the neck first… and Mr Rushdie got up and started running.

Salman Rushdie was attacked at a Chautauqua Institution panel in western New York on Friday.

Rushdie was the former president of PEN America, a nonprofit that defends freedom of expression and supports persecuted writers. Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" forced him into hiding after it was banned in Iran and a $3 million bounty was put on his head. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody." "Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. "On August 12, 2022, at about 11 a.m., a male suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer," the statement read. A state trooper who was present took the suspect into custody with the assistance of a local sheriff's deputy.

The Indian-born novelist was ordered to be killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing.

Iranian organisations, however, have raised a bounty worth millions of dollars for his murder. 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 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York and suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, according to New York State Police and an eyewitness.

He was about to give a lecture when a man stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution. He fell to the floor when the suspect attacked him. The suspect was ...

"After that, people in the audience got up on stage and pinned the attacker down. "At about 11am, a male suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer. "A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. We're still in shock." The suspect was restrained and is now in custody. "It was very quick...

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.

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.

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

That year, Rushdie published a memoir, “Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. In 2012, a semi-official Iranian religious foundation raised the bounty for Rushdie from $2.8 million to $3.3 million. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced.

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 neck and ...

"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. PEN America, an advocacy group for freedom of expression of which Mr Rushdie is a former president, said it was "reeling from shock and horror" at what it called an unprecedented attack on a writer in the United States. Mr Rushdie was at the institution in western New York for a discussion about the United States giving asylum to artists in exile and "as a home for freedom of creative expression," according to the institution's website. Mr Rushdie, 75, was being introduced to give a talk to an audience of hundreds on artistic freedom at western New York's Chautauqua Institution when a man rushed to the stage and lunged at the novelist, who has lived with a bounty on his head since the late 1980s. After hours of surgery, Mr Rushdie is on a ventilator and unable to speak after the attack condemned by writers and politicians around the world as an assault on the freedom of expression. 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 neck and torso on stage at a lecture in New York state yesterday and airlifted to a hospital, police said.

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.

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 Indian-born British author sustained nerve damage to his arm and damage to his liver, according to the New York Times. New York state police ...

“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. 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. 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. 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 Rushdie’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 Indian-born British author was stabbed or punched 10 to 15 times in the neck and abdomen during an event in New York state, witnesses say.

He was knighted in 2007, a move that was criticised by the Iranian and Pakistani governments. Sir Salman lives in New York City and became a US citizen in 2016. we thought he was fixing his microphone, and then we saw the knife. The suspect was arrested by a state trooper soon after, and is now in custody. But Ayatollah Khomeini's successor as Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in 2005 that the fatwa was still valid. He has been identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey, who bought a pass for the event.

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.