Based on the conflict of scholar Ibn Rushd (from whom Rushdie's family name derives), Rushdie explores themes of transnationalism and cosmopolitanism by depicting a war of the universe …

2 days ago · Rushdie spent years in hiding after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 after publication of the novel “The Satanic Verses,” which …

1 day ago · Rushdie, who was raised in a Muslim Kashmiri family, went into hiding under the protection of British police in 1989 after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme …

2 days ago · Mr Rushdie, now 77, is an acclaimed writer who previously spent several years in hiding after the 1988 publication of The Satanic Verses - a fictional story inspired by the life of …

[33] Rushdie's son Zafar said, "Though his life-changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact". [34] [35] [36] On October 23, Wylie reported that …

2 days ago · In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as …

2 days ago · The New Jersey man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack is set to stand trial in New York MAYVILLE, N.Y. -- In 2022, Salman Rushdie …

1 day ago · Rushdie, 77, was stabbed with a knife multiple times in an attack that led to the loss of his right eye and damaged his liver. Matar has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree …