Best-selling Canadian author Louise Penny has cancelled all U.S. promotional events for her latest book, The Black Wolf, in ...
Rushdie had worried for his safety since his 1989 novel “The Satanic Verses ... His other works include the novels “Shame” and “Victory City,” which he had completed shortly before ...
In Knife, the novelist goes back to Chautauqua, where he was nearly killed in a 2022 attack.
The indictment alleges that a 2006 speech by the leader of the militant group, Hezbollah, motivated Matar to attack Rushdie over his novel "The Satanic Verses." which some Muslims believe is ...
Rushdie, who has been famous worldwide since the novel “Midnight’s Children” was published more than 40 years ago, told jurors he thought he was dying when a masked stranger ran onto the ...
It’s for self-interest purposes.” Iran called for Rushdie’s death in 1989 over his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which pushed him into hiding for about a decade until the Middle Eastern ...
Rushdie had been issued death threats after the release of ‘The Satanic Verses’, sparking outrage among many Muslims, who considered the book to be blasphemous. After Khomeini called for ...
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 after publication of the novel "The Satanic Verses," which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Rushdie spent years in hiding.
Mr. Rushdie’s memoir about the attack and its aftermath, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” was a finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction last year. The trial began ...
Rushdie spent years in hiding after the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, in 1989 calling for his death after the publication of his novel "The ...