The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie’s attacker was in contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, report says

Intelligence officials say Hadi Matar, 25, was speaking to members of the Revolutionary Guard over social media

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

The power of words: On the assault on Salman Rushdie

The assault on Rushdie is an attack on those who speak out against all forms of extremism

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022

Residents of Rushdie Suspect’s Lebanese Village Say Incident Has Little to Do With Them

Street-side signs in the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, the ancestral home of the suspect in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie, bear posters of Iran's former supreme leader Khomeini who in 1989 issued a fatwa calling for the author's death. The logo of Lebanon's Iran-armed Hezbollah group adorns small monuments…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 15, 2022

Drastic rethink of security likely in wake of Salman Rushdie attack

Analysis: Although the fatwa against Rushdie was issued more than 30 years ago, the threat never went away

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Over 100 notable writers call on President Murmu to support free expression

Collection of writings on India at 75 also released; Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri among contributors 

The Hindu · Aug 15, 2022

Hadi Matar: Who is the New Jersey man charged with attempted murder of Salman Rushdie?

Hadi Matar appeared to become withdrawn and isolated after a trip to the Middle East to visit his father in 2018, his mother says

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Do you want free speech to thrive? Then it has to be regulated, now more than ever

The online safety bill in the UK is shaping up to be a censor’s nightmare, but we need to take this debate seriously, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Iran squirms over Rushdie attack, praising perpetrator while denying blame

In first official remarks, Tehran rejects responsibility for attack on author even as it heaps scorn on him

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Salman Rushdie’s grave fears for Indian democracy published in PEN anthology

Rushdie’s words, written before last week’s attack in New York, are aired in a new anthology alongside other leading authors

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

A year on, Afghanistan is as bad as it ever was

THIS is an anniversary of a humiliating debacle: the chaotic withdrawal by the US and its allies, including Britain, from Afghanistan. As Robert Fox points out on this page, the withdrawal itself was an unedifying scramble and this was in keeping with the way the war in and occupation of…

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2022