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

Hadi Matar, 24, has been charged with attempted murder in a court hearing after being moved from the New York State Police barracks in Jamestown after the attack on Friday.

The stabbing of controversial author Sir Salman Rushdie has been described as an assault on freedom of thought and speech.

The horrifying attack on the novelist during a talk at a New York state event reminded us courage sometimes carries a heavy cost

Salman Rushdie's agent has said "the news is not good" in an update on his condition after being stabbed on stage in New York.

On 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie, the author of the book The Satanic Verses, was attacked as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, an arts and education centre in New York state.

The point of the fatwa was not only to punish Salman Rushdie for his blasphemy, but to intimidate others in the West.

The writer had no idea his novel would unleash such anger and become a litmus test of freedom of expression

Rushdie was stabbed on stage just before he was about to give a lecture in southwestern New York state.

Rushdie has long been targeted by the Iranian regime in response to his 1988 book “The Satanic Verses.”