Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie -- a celebrated author and winner of the world's top literary prizes - - was attacked on stage before giving a lecture at the Chautauqua ...

She said a state trooper "stood up and saved his life and protected him as well as the moderator who was attacked as well. He said a man in a black shirt appeared to be "punching" the author. Some Muslims found the book to be sacrilegious and it sparked public demonstrations. The witness, who was 75 feet from the stage, did not hear the attacker say anything or see a weapon. Rushdie's treatment of delicate political and religious subjects turned him into a controversial figure. Rushdie was airlifted to a local hospital, police said.

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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US police confirm Rushdie suffered an 'apparent stab wound' to the neck but say his condition is not yet known.

The title came from the pseudonym Rushdie had used while in hiding. In 2012, a semi-official Iranian religious foundation raised the reward for Rushdie from $2.8m to $3.3m. The UK knighted him in 2007, which sparked protests in several countries in the Muslim world. An Associated Press news agency reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. “The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. “Nobody knew what to do.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

A year after the book's release, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini called for Mr Rushdie's execution. Mr Reese is the co-founder of a non-profit that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution. He was taken to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, by helicopter.

The Indian-born writer has been stabbed in New York, and it's not his first brush with violence.

He has been living in the US since 2000. “I call on all zealous Muslims to execute them quickly, wherever they may be found, so that no one else will dare to insult the Muslim sanctities. The assailant, who eyewitnesses claim was wearing a black mask, was restrained and taken into custody.

Just as the mind recoils at the sight of a single book burned, the spilled blood of an author inspires revulsion.

In some ways, he never stopped fighting the debate that first ignited around the fatwa, with some defending him unreservedly and others arguing that perhaps his perceived insult of Islam was a mistake and a needless provocation on his part. Rushdie himself has become something of an absolutist on the freedom of expression. Rushdie has not been targeted by his own state, of course—after living in hiding for years in London, he has lived openly in New York for the past two decades. The Yiddish poets and writers whom the dictator ordered shot in the basement of the Lubyanka prison. That it was here that Rushdie was struck repeatedly with a knife is a terrible irony. He was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution, a cottage community that was founded in the late 19th century as a place for religious learning, and that has since become an oasis of education and discussion every summer.

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.

Author Rushdie is on ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state.

- “A man jumped up on the stage from I don’t know where and started what looked like beating him on the chest, repeated fist strokes into his chest and neck,” said Bradley Fisher, who was in the audience. - Iran’s government has since distanced itself from the decree, but anti-Rushdie sentiment has lingered. Nobody knew how to react. “Nobody knew what to do. - Police confirmed Rushdie was stabbed “at least once in the neck, and at least once in the abdomen” on Friday after an assailant rushed to the stage and lunged at the 75-year-old writer just as he was being introduced to the audience. Author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on Friday at a literary event in New York state, is on a ventilator and unable to speak.

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.

The venue where renowned author Salman Rushdie -- whose controversial work has triggered death threats -- was stabbed Friday had rejected previous ...

Staff and audience members rushed to the attacker and put him on the ground before a state trooper took him into custody, police said. "He came in the left side and leapt across the stage and just lunged at him. Also injured Friday was Henry Reese, co-founder of the Pittsburgh nonprofit City of Asylum, who was scheduled to join Rushdie in a discussion, police said. "We will assess for each of the events at the Institution what we think the appropriate level of security is and that's an ongoing process that we work in concert with local law enforcement on." "The nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged. Authorities have not disclosed the type of weapon that was used in the attack.

The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him.

Since then, Mr. Rushdie has published eight novels and a 2012 memoir, “ Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. Mr. Rushdie seemed perfectly comfortable out in the world, he said. Mr. Koch said that several people worked to separate the assailant from Mr. Rushdie, and were able to do so before a uniformed officer arrived and placed the attacker in handcuffs. But the fatwa remains in place, reportedly with a bounty attached from an Iranian religious foundation of some $3.3 million as of 2012. He was barred from the country for more than a decade. The attack was decried by literary figures and public officials. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, issued a religious edict known as a fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989, ordering Muslims to kill Mr. Rushdie. A price was put on his head of several million dollars. Mary Newsom, who attended the lecture, said that some people thought at first that it might be a stunt. On Friday morning, any sense that threats to his life were a thing of the past was dispelled when an attacker rushed the stage of Chautauqua Institution here in Western New York, where Mr. Rushdie was scheduled to give a talk about the United States as a safe haven for exiled writers. “The news is not good,” Mr. Wylie said in an email. The brazen attack on Mr. Rushdie shook the literary world. Mr. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said Friday evening that Mr. Rushdie was on a ventilator and could not speak.

As author remains on a ventilator, messages of support champion free speech and talk of his 'extraordinary resilience'

Poster of The Moor’s Last Sigh had place on my (pretentious) student bedroom wall. We are all hoping he is OK,” he added. Sunak described the novelist as “a champion of free speech and artistic freedom”, adding that he was “in our thoughts”. The comedian and author David Baddiel described the incident as “appalling”. “It’s also appalling that there are people who will think he brought it on himself or somehow deserved it,” he added. The novelist Lisa Appignanesi, the former president of English PEN and a campaigner for free expression, praised Rushdie’s “extraordinary resilience and his deep, deep courage” in the face of threats to his life. Writers and politicians have condemned the attack on Salman Rushdie as the novelist remains on a ventilator in the US.

Messages of outrage and support are pouring in from all corners of the globe after writer Salman Rushdie was stabbed at an upstate New York venue where he ...

"He has devoted tireless energy to assisting others who are vulnerable and menaced." "Devastated by the news about @SalmanRushdie. He was the first writer I ever met and his determination to defend his freedom (and that of others) in the face of religious extremism has been a constant inspiration. He has just been the victim of a cowardly attack by the forces of hatred and barbarism. American writers and organizations have also been left reeling from the attack. Bravo to the warrior and dutiful man who attacked the Apostate and wicked Salman Rushdie. The hand of the warrior must be kissed. "Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend.