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When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy

Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices

The Guardian - UK

Interviewer who tried to stop knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie initially thought it was a prank

Henry Reese, 75, had just sat down to interview Rushdie when the author was stabbed in a frenzied knife attack

The Independent UK

Man injured alongside Salman Rushdie in 2022 stabbing attack says he thought it was a prank at first

A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye

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Salman Rushdie tells jurors he thought he was dying after harrowing knife attack as he faces stabbing suspect in court

Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial for the attempted murder of ‘The Satanic Verses’ author in August 2022

The Independent UK

Rushdie Tells Trial Of 'Lake Of Blood' After Stabbing

Novelist Salman Rushdie described Tuesday the moment a knife-wielding attacker stormed on stage and attempted to kill him with a frenzied attack that left him blind in one eye.

International Business Times

Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill him

The Guardian - US

Testimony in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie heads into 2nd day

Testimony is set to continue in the trial of the man charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack on a western New York stage

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Salman Rushdie attack trial: Author was too stunned to react after being stabbed on stage

Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie was stabbed while on stage in New York in 2022

Evening Standard

Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close to committing murder’ during frenzied stabbing, court hears

Hadi Matar, 27, was heard saying ‘Free Palestine’ as he entered court in Chautauqua Lake, New York

The Independent UK

NY Jury Hears Attacker Repeatedly Stabbed Salman Rushdie

Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie described to jurors Monday how the "Satanic Verses" author was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye.

International Business Times

‘It shook everyone up’: New York town hosting Salman Rushdie trial recalls knife attack

A liberal arts community finds itself hosting the closely watched trial of man accused of stabbing novelist in 2022

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie trial hears accused came ‘dangerously close to murder’

Prosecutors begin case against Hadi Matar, charged with attempted murder and assault over festival attack in 2022

The Guardian - US

Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

Lawyers are set to deliver opening statements at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie's stabbing trial begins with precarious jury selection

Hadi Matar faces charges of attempted murder and assault

The Independent UK

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Salman Rushdie Stabbing Trial Begins In New York

Author Salman Rushdie's attack leads to trial of accused Hadi Matar in NY, raising legal complexities.

The Guardian - US

Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie begins with jury selection

Hadi Matar, 26, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault

Al Jazeera

Trial of Salman Rushdie attacker to launch with tricky jury selection

Hadi Matar accused of attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing the author on stage in 2022 in the United States.

The Independent UK

The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie will soon go on trial. The author will take the stand

The New Jersey man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack is set to stand trial in New York

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The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie set to testify as attempted murder trial gets under way

Hadi Matar, 26, accused of stabbing author 10 times in case likely to draw world’s media to tiny upstate New York town

The Independent UK

Trial of Salman Rushdie's assailant will remain in the New York county where the stabbing happened

An appellate court has denied a request to move the trial of a New Jersey man charged with attacking author Salman Rushdie with a knife in 2022

The Independent UK

Trial on hold for New Jersey man charged in knife attack that injured Salman Rushdie

The attempted murder trial of the man charged with injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack in New York has been put on hold

The Independent UK

Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motive

Jurors who will be picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act

Reason

Accused Salman Rushdie Stabber Also Charged with Support for Hezbollah

From a Justice Department press release; Matar is also awaiting trial for attempted murder in New York state court: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, engaging in an…

International Business Times

Rushdie Attacker Indicted On Terrorism Charges

The man accused of trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie has been charged with terrorism for allegedly acting on behalf of Hezbollah, according to documents unsealed Wednesday.