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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie attends the premiere of the documentary film “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie” during the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2026, at The Ray in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
July 30, 2026, 3:56 am
US jury convicts Islamic extremist on terror charges for gravely wounding Salman Rushdie
US-born Muslim with Lebanse citizenship found guilty on all counts relating to 2022 stabbing that prosecutor calls ‘a chilling reminder of the global reach of Iranian terrorism’
By Agencies
Author Salman Rushdie appears during an interview in New York, October 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
November 10, 2025, 5:27 am
Salman Rushdie honored with Dayton Literary Peace Prize lifetime achievement award
The 78-year-old author best known for his 1988 novel, ‘The Satanic Verses,’ wins award after publishing his first work of fiction since being stabbed on stage in 2022
By AP
Hadi Matar walks into Chautauqua County court in Mayville, New York, where he was sentenced for 25 years in prison for the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, May. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
May 16, 2025, 10:15 pm
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in 2022 sentenced to 25 years in prison
Lebanese-American Hadi Matar to face federal charges of terrorism, carrying potential life sentence, for allegedly trying to execute Iranian fatwa that accused writer of blasphemy
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Hadi Matar, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, stands in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
February 21, 2025, 9:54 pm
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie found guilty of attempted murder
Hadi Matar has no reaction to the verdict except to mutter ‘Free Palestine’ as he is led out of court; still faces Federal terrorism charges
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
British-American author Salman Rushdie attends the 75th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City, November 20, 2024. (Dimitrios Kambouris / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
February 11, 2025, 1:52 pm
Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close’ to killing him, prosecutors say
NY court hears testimony from witnesses to 2022 stabbing, when British-American author was targeted over ‘The Satanic Verses’; defendant says ‘free Palestine’ as he enters court
By AFP
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
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