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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 370

Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait to promote his book 'Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,' at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 19, 2024, 7:15 pm
Salman Rushdie: Palestinian state would be ‘Taliban-like,’ ruled by Hamas
British-American author says it’s ‘strange’ that leftist students back a ‘fascist terrorist group,’ says reactions to Gazan deaths understandable but can ‘slide into antisemitism’
By ToI Staff
A logo is displayed at the PEN America Literary Awards on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
April 23, 2024, 8:03 am
PEN America cancels awards ceremony amid criticism over response to Israel-Hamas war
Prize money for best book to be donated to charity for Palestinian children; writers call on leadership of organization to resign
By AP and ToI Staff
British author Salman Rushdie poses with his medal after being appointed as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on May 23, 2023. (Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP)
May 23, 2023, 8:03 pm
Traumatized and maimed by near-fatal stabbing, author Salman Rushdie resumes writing
‘Oh, I’ll let you know,’ award-winning writer says when asked when next book will be done, acknowledges it ‘took a while’ to resume working after assault
By AFP and ToI Staff
British author Salman Rushdie in a selfie he posted on social media, February 7, 2023 (Twitter)
May 16, 2023, 2:35 pm
In rare appearance after attack, Salman Rushdie warns free expression under threat
Writer, who was blinded in one eye and suffered hand nerve damage, cites ‘extraordinary attack on libraries, and books for children in schools’ in US, as well as book rewrites
By AP
British author Salman Rushdie in a selfie he posted on social media, February 7, 2023 (Twitter)
February 7, 2023, 12:02 pm
In 1st interview after attack, Salman Rushdie says now ‘very difficult’ to write
Author indicates he suffers from PTSD along with loss of sight in one eye and use of a hand; doesn’t know if it was an error to let his guard down decades after fatwa
By AFP
Salman Rushdie in New York, November 15, 2017. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
October 28, 2022, 9:39 pm
US sanctions Iranian group that put bounty on Rushdie’s life
Move comes months after British-American author was violently attacked at a literary event, losing sight in one eye and the use of a hand
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Salman Rushdie in New York, November 15, 2017. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
October 23, 2022, 7:39 pm
Salman Rushdie ‘going to live’ but has lost use of eye and hand, says agent
Literary representative for ‘The Satanic Verses’ author tells newspaper he suffered wounds to his neck, chest and torso in ‘brutal attack’ in New York in August
By AP
This still image from video shows Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, at left, being escorted from the stage as people tend to author Salman Rushdie, center right, at the Chautauqua Institution, in Chautauqua, New York, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP)
September 15, 2022, 11:09 am
US said to mull sanctions on Iran-linked entities over Rushdie attack
Report says US officials taking nuke deal talks into consideration; 15th Khordad Foundation, semi-official Fars news agency named as groups that offered money for bounty on author
By ToI Staff
Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, August 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)
August 26, 2022, 9:14 pm
Attack on Rushdie mirrors 1925 killing of writer who satirized Vienna antisemitism
Jewish-born Hugo Bettauer, whose ‘The City Without Jews’ became an international best seller, was assassinated after being denounced by Austrian Nazis
By jonathan bate
A group of writers and supporters gather in solidarity in support of author Salman Rushdie outside the New York Public Library, Friday, August 19, 2022, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
August 19, 2022, 11:59 pm
Fellow authors, friends rally and read in support of Rushdie
Jeffrey Eugenides, Tina Brown, Gay Talese and others gather at New York Public Library to speak out in defense of free speech, tell stories about novelist recovering from stabbing
By Hillel Italie
Illustrative: Posters of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US drone attack on January 3, 2020, are seen in front of Qiam, background left, Zolfaghar, top right, and Dezful missiles displayed in a missile capabilities exhibition by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard at Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, January 7, 2022 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 19, 2022, 8:16 am
With nuclear deal tantalizingly close, Iran murder plots pose new hurdles for US
Critics say Iran can’t be trusted with billions in sanctions relief while still pushing to kill ex-US officials to avenge killing of Qassam Suleimani, or backing Rushdie attack
By Matthew Lee
In this file photo taken on May 27, 1989, an islamic man holds a sign calling for the death of British author Salman Rushdie near the Westminster Bridge in London. (AFP)
August 19, 2022, 12:07 am
For Arab authors, stabbing of Rushdie rekindles old fears
The publication of ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1988 sparked mass protests in India and Pakistan, partly for depicting Prophet Mohammed in casual and familiar language
By AFP
Defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, and Hadi Matar, 24, right, listen during an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY, August 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)
August 18, 2022, 11:01 pm
Rushdie’s stabber Hadi Matar denied bail; judge tells lawyers not to speak to press
Assailant’s attorney complains media coverage could potentially lead to a biased jury, says, ‘He’s entitled to due process, no matter what he’s accused of’
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Hadi Matar, 24, arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York, August 13, 2022. Matar is accused of carrying out a stabbing attack against 'Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
August 18, 2022, 2:35 am
Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ author survived, praises Khomeini
Hadi Matar tells NY Post from jail that he was not in touch with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, but refuses to say if attack inspired by Iranian leader’s fatwa
By AFP
File: Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, as his supporters raise their hands, during the Shiite holy day of Ashoura, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 17, 2022, 9:37 pm
Hezbollah backers praise Rushdie attack, highlighting Lebanese Shiite divisions
Several of terror group’s opponents get death threats after denouncing author’s stabbing; assailant was radicalized during visit to his father in southern Lebanon, his mother says
By Bassam Mroue
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