Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New ...

That year, Rushdie published a memoir, “Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. In 2012, a semi-official Iranian religious foundation raised the bounty for Rushdie from $2.8 million to $3.3 million. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced.

The attack happened at about 10:45 a.m. shortly after Mr. Rushdie took the stage to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. The author spent years ...

She said that Mr. Rushdie had multiple stab wounds, including one to the right side of his neck, and that there was a pool of blood under his body. “It is an attack on freedom of speech and thought, which are two bedrock values of our country and of the Chautauqua Institution,” Mr. Schumer wrote. The writer Ayad Akhtar said he never saw Rushdie bring along a security detail in recent years, whether he was at the theater, out to dinner or on stage at a public event. “It’s very open, it’s very accessible, it’s a very relaxed environment,” he said. After Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, found the book blasphemous and issued a fatwa against Mr. Rushdie, urging Muslims to kill the author, he went into hiding for years. Rita Landman, an endocrinologist who was in the audience, said that Mr. Rushdie had multiple stab wounds, including one to the right side of his neck, and that there was a pool of blood under his body. “It’s very open, it’s very accessible, it’s a very relaxed environment,” he said. Mr. Rushdie published a memoir, “Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. “There was just one attacker,” said Elisabeth Healey, 75, who was in the audience. “There was a huge security lapse,” said Ms. Bulette’s husband, John, 85, who witnessed the attack. Mr. Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a local hospital, the state police said in a statement. “Just hours before the attack, on Friday morning, Salman had emailed me to help with placements for Ukrainian writers in need of safe refuge from the grave perils they face,” she said in a statement.

A USA TODAY employee witnessed a man storm the stage in a "bizarre" attack on Salman Rushdie, who suffered an "apparent stab wound to the neck."

In it, Rushdie puts his spin on the Miguel de Cervantes classic with a modern-day Don Quixote satirizing former President Donald Trump’s America. The book was long-listed for the Booker Prize. His book "The Satanic Verses" has been banned in Iran since the late 1980s, and many Muslims consider it blasphemous. Seward said that he did not hear the man shout anything and that Rushdie tried to get away from the attacker and fell. "PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Salman Rushdie," Nossel said. He witnessed a man "bound" toward the stage from the audience with his "arms out swinging." New York police said a state trooper assigned to the event took a suspect into custody after the attack.

Author Salman Rushdie was reportedly stabbed before giving a speech at the Chautauqua Institution in New York on Friday when an unidentified man stormed the ...

Rushdie’s book "The Satanic Verses" has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced.

Atacan a Salman Rushdie, autor cuyos escritos provocaron amenazas de muerte por parte de Irán en la década de 1980, antes de dar una conferencia en el oeste ...

Rushdie y el moderador Henry Reese se disponían a discutir “Estados Unidos como asilo para escritores y otros artistas en el exilio y como hogar para la libertad de expresión creativa”. Es un expresidente de PEN America, la que dijo que estaba “conmocionado y horrorizado” por el ataque. La policía dijo que un agente estatal fue asignado a la conferencia de Rushdie y realizó el arresto. El centro es conocido por su serie de conferencias de verano, en las que Rushdie ya había participado. Protestas a menudo violentas contra Rushdie estallaron en todo el mundo, incluido un motín que mató a 12 personas en Mumbai. La policía estatal dijo que Rushdie aparentemente fue apuñalado en el cuello.

El escritor Salman Rushdie se volvió conocido a nivel mundial en la década de 1980, luego de la publicación de su novela "Los versos satánicos".

Irán se distanció del edicto religioso contra Rushdie para reanudar las relaciones diplomáticas con el Reino Unido. (Crédito: Johnny Eggitt/AFP/Getty Images) Sontag era la presidenta del PEN American Center y reunió a los escritores estadounidenses para apoyar a Rushdie. (Crédito: Sara Krulwich/New York Times Co./Getty Images) Rushdie y el entonces primer ministro danés Poul Nyrup Rasmussen hablan con la prensa en el castillo de Christiansborg, en Copenhague, el 13 de noviembre de 1996. Rushdie posa en el vestíbulo del Arco de la Defensa en La Defense, un suburbio de París, el 18 de marzo de 1993. Tres años años antes, el ayatola Jomeini de Irán pidió la muerte del escritor Salman Rushdie por su novela Los versos satánicos. (Crédito: Terry Smith/Time Life Pictures/Getty Image) Una empleada coloca un ejemplar de Los versos satánicos en una estantería de una librería de Londres el 16 de febrero de 1989.

Además, un reportero de AP informó que vio a un hombre en el escenario que comenzó a “golpear o apuñalar” al novelista antes del evento. El testigo no pudo ...

La manera en que Rushdie aborda los temas políticos y religiosos delicados lo convirtió en una figura controvertida. Y, francamente, ya es hora de que la gente preste atención”, sostuvo en ese momento. Rushdie nació en la India en 1947, de nacionalidad británica y estadounidense. El testigo explicó que era difícil determinar la condición de Rushdie desde donde estaba sentado en la audiencia, a unos 20 metros del escenario. El testigo estaba revisando su teléfono y escuchó a algunas personas en la audiencia que gritaban. Según relató, la agresión ocurrió cuando a Rushdie lo presentaban en el escenario para una conferencia alrededor de las 10:45 a.m., hora local, de este viernes. El testigo indicó que poco después de que comenzara la presentación del evento vio a un hombre caminando rápidamente por el pasillo izquierdo del lugar. Y Wajahat Alí relató que estuvo en ese mismo lugar “hace 2 semanas dando una charla. “Fue un verdadero shock”, dijo el testigo. Posteriormente, se instruyó a los asistentes a evacuar en silencio y con calma el lugar del evento, y a llevarse todo lo que trajeron consigo. Además, se indicó que un entrevistador también sufrió una lesión menor en la cabeza. Ella contó aproximadamente entre 7 y 10 movimientos de apuñalamiento, antes de huir por temor a su propia seguridad: “Estaba temblando como una hoja”, dijo.

Salman Rushdie, autor cuyos escritos provocaron amenazas de muerte por parte de Irán en la década de 1980, fue atacado.

Rushdie y el moderador Henry Reese se disponían a discutir “Estados Unidos como asilo para escritores y otros artistas en el exilio y como hogar para la libertad de expresión creativa”. El centro es conocido por su serie de conferencias de verano, en las que Rushdie ya había participado. Protestas a menudo violentas contra Rushdie estallaron en todo el mundo, incluido un motín que mató a 12 personas en Mumbai. Es un expresidente de PEN America, la que dijo que estaba “conmocionado y horrorizado” por el ataque. La policía dijo que un agente estatal fue asignado a la conferencia de Rushdie y realizó el arresto. La policía estatal dijo que Rushdie aparentemente fue apuñalado en el cuello.

The author was about to give a talk at a prestigious event in Chautauqua, N.Y., when he was stabbed in the neck.

LeVan said attendees also came on to the stage to try to help. “I went to the talk to find out why people would want to kill someone for their writing,” he said. People in attendance were told to evacuate the venue after the attack. Friday’s attack on Rushdie, who has become the standard-bearer for the cause of literary freedom of expression, stunned free speech advocates and organizations. Book stores and people connected to the book around the world, such as publishers, were attacked. By 2005, Khomeini’s successor, Ali Khamenei, said the fatwa was still valid, and in 2016, state-run media outlets added an additional $600,000 to the bounty on Rushdie’s head, bringing it to well over $3 million.

A number of writers and authors spoke out about the attack, with the author Neil Gaiman writing that he was “shocked and distressed.”

“It is an attack on freedom of speech and thought, which are two bedrock values of our country and of the Chautauqua Institution,” Mr. Schumer wrote. “American Muslims, like all Americans, condemn any violence targeting anyone in our society,” said Ibrahim Hooper. “That goes without saying. Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said she had directed state police to assist with the investigation into Mr. Rushdie’s attack. “He has devoted tireless energy to assisting others who are vulnerable and menaced.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain said in a Twitter post that he was “appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend. Right now my thoughts are with his loved ones.

An assailant attacked the famed author at an event in Chautauqua, New York on Friday morning. Rushdie's condition is not yet clear.

Rita Landman, an endocrinologist who was in the audience and offered assistance, said that Mr. Rushdie had multiple stab wounds, including one to the right side of his neck, and that there was a pool of blood under his body. The fatwa also applied to anyone involved in publishing the book. The assailant, who has not been identified, was subdued and detained by police. “Within about 15 seconds, someone jumped onstage and began to pound Mr. Rushdie,” Savenor said. Rushdie was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua when a man rushed the stage and attacked him, the Associated Press reports. Governor Kathy Hochul said at an afternoon event that he is alive and credited a state trooper with saving him.

El autor, amenazado de muerte por el régimen islámico de Irán desde 1989 por su libro 'Los versos satánicos', ha sido trasladado en helicóptero a un ...

Sus textos combinan la sátira, la fantasía y la alegoría política. En la década de los ochenta se inició también como articulista y ensayista. Entre su obra de no ficción destaca el volumen de ensayos Los lenguajes de la verdad: ensayos 2003-2020, con varias referencias a la enfermedad y sus metáforas, en la línea de la ensayista estadounidense Susan Sontag. El alicaído movimiento reformista lucha por superar la irrelevancia desde el relevo en el poder del moderado Hassan Rohaní por el clérigo ultraconservador Ebrahim Raisí, que ganó las elecciones en junio de 2021. Hochul condenó la violencia y afirmó que es importante que la gente se sienta libre de “hablar y escribir la verdad”. El libro de Rushdie Los versos satánicos está prohibido en Irán desde que se publicó, en1988, así como en otros países musulmanes, ya que lo consideran una blasfemia. Ese año, Rushdie publicó un libro de memorias, Joseph Anton, sobre la fetua. Hace tiempo que el Gobierno de Irán marcó distancias del decreto de Jomeini, pero el sentimiento anti-Rushdie persistió. En 2012, una fundación religiosa semioficial elevó la recompensa por la cabeza del escritor de 2,8 millones de dólares a 3,3 millones de dólares. Hace apenas cinco años, en 2016, al cumplirse el 27º aniversario de la condena, la agencia de noticias Fars publicó una lista de 40 medios de comunicación que se sumaron al premio, con un total de 300.000 dólares, de los que Fars aportó 30.000. El aumento de la dotación respondía a los deseos de la línea dura del régimen, sometido a presiones internas entre halcones y palomas y en un difícil equilibrio que permea todos los ámbitos de la vida pública, desde las negociaciones para reactivar el moribundo pacto nuclear a la política exterior. Formado en el Reino Unido, recibió el título de sir en 2007 - lo que desató de nuevo la ira de Irán, así como la de Pakistán- y vive desde el año 2000 en EE UU. El escritor y ensayista británico de origen indio Salman Rushdie, autor de Los versos satánicos (1988) y condenado a muerte por el régimen islámico iraní en 1989 por blasfemo, ha sido atacado este viernes cuando iba a dar una conferencia sobre la libertad en la creación artística en el condado de Chautauqua, una localidad al oeste del Estado de Nueva York. Las primeras imágenes del suceso en redes sociales muestran a Rushdie en el suelo, siendo atendido por los asistentes y los servicios de emergencias. Se desconoce la gravedad de las heridas “Es muy abierto, es muy accesible, un ambiente muy relajado”, dijo un ujier. “En mi opinión, algo como esto solo era cuestión de tiempo”, añadió.

El escritor Salman Rushdie sufrió un ataque este viernes antes de dar una conferencia en el estado de Nueva York, informó la policía.

La manera en que Rushdie aborda los temas políticos y religiosos delicados lo convirtió en una figura controvertida. Y, francamente, ya es hora de que la gente preste atención", sostuvo en ese momento. Rushdie nació en la India en 1947, de nacionalidad británica y estadounidense. El testigo explicó que era difícil determinar la condición de Rushdie desde donde estaba sentado en la audiencia, a unos 20 metros del escenario. El testigo estaba revisando su teléfono y escuchó a algunas personas en la audiencia que gritaban. "Esta es una comunidad pacífica y es bastante impactante que esto haya sucedido en un lugar como este". Por su parte, David Simon escribió: "Y ahora Rushdie. Se está volviendo evidente que este nuevo siglo ofrece una nueva Edad Oscura, una oportunidad tardía para la evolución social y política de la raza humana. Según relató, la agresión ocurrió cuando a Rushdie lo presentaban en el escenario para una conferencia alrededor de las 10:45 a.m., hora local, de este viernes. El testigo indicó que poco después de que comenzara la presentación del evento vio a un hombre caminando rápidamente por el pasillo izquierdo del lugar. Posteriormente, se instruyó a los asistentes a evacuar en silencio y con calma el lugar del evento, y a llevarse todo lo que trajeron consigo. Además, se indicó que un entrevistador también sufrió una lesión menor en la cabeza. Ella contó aproximadamente entre 7 y 10 movimientos de apuñalamiento, antes de huir por temor a su propia seguridad: "Estaba temblando como una hoja", dijo.

(CNN) — El escritor Salman Rushdie, víctima de un ataque en Nueva York este viernes, se volvió conocido a nivel mundial en la década de 1980, luego de la ...

Irán se distanció del edicto religioso contra Rushdie para reanudar las relaciones diplomáticas con el Reino Unido. (Crédito: Johnny Eggitt/AFP/Getty Images) Sontag era la presidenta del PEN American Center y reunió a los escritores estadounidenses para apoyar a Rushdie. (Crédito: Sara Krulwich/New York Times Co./Getty Images) Rushdie y el entonces primer ministro danés Poul Nyrup Rasmussen hablan con la prensa en el castillo de Christiansborg, en Copenhague, el 13 de noviembre de 1996. Rushdie posa en el vestíbulo del Arco de la Defensa en La Defense, un suburbio de París, el 18 de marzo de 1993. Tres años años antes, el ayatola Jomeini de Irán pidió la muerte del escritor Salman Rushdie por su novela Los versos satánicos. (Crédito: Terry Smith/Time Life Pictures/Getty Image) Una empleada coloca un ejemplar de Los versos satánicos en una estantería de una librería de Londres el 16 de febrero de 1989.

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who ...

In 2012, Rushdie published a memoir, “Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. The death threats and bounty led Rushdie to go into hiding under a British government protection program, including a round-the-clock armed guard. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Rushdie on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds. Amid gasps, spectators were ushered out of the outdoor amphitheater. Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

(CNN Español) — El escritor Salman Rushdie es un escritor nacido en India en 1947 de nacionalidad británica y estadounidense, uno de los autores más importantes ...

“Y no solo como vemos, en los últimos días, no solo vidas negras, sino que ahora el ataque a la comunidad asiática es igual de peligroso”. Y, francamente, ya es hora de que la gente preste atención”. Las manifestaciones públicas contra el libro se extendieron a Pakistán en enero de 1989, según Britannica. Fue entonces cuando se dio cuenta de que tendría que contar las historias de ambos. “Soy un gran partidario del movimiento Black Lives Matter”, dijo. En 1975 publicó su primera novela, Grimus.

En la mañana de este viernes, el escritor Salman Rushdie se disponía a dar una conferencia en el escenario de la Chautauqua Institution cuando un hombre ...

La obra tiene alrededor de 550 páginas, cuenta tres historias y solo una de ellas, que consta de cerca de 70 páginas, fue la que generó problemas. Ese profeta, al parecer, está inspirado en Mahoma, el fundador del Islam. El escritor nació hace 75 años en Bombay, India, pero fue criado en Inglaterra y hoy es ciudadano inglés. El gobierno iraní puso una recompensa por su cabeza de más de 3 millones de dólares por cuenta de la publicación de su novela Los versos satánicos, en 1988, que fue considera como una blasfemia por parte de los musulmanes.

Salman Rushdie, the author of "The Satanic Verses," was brutally attacked just as he was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution.

The big picture: Rushdie spent nearly a decade in hiding after he faced death threats and a bounty for his murder from the Iranian government in the late 1980s.

- By Friday evening, Rushdie was on a ventilator and could not speak, his agent, Andrew Wylie, told theNew York Times, adding that he will likely lose one eye, the nerves in his arm were severed, and that his liver was stabbed and damaged. - Rushdie was initially given medical treatment by a doctor that was in the audience before he was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was still undergoing surgery Friday afternoon. British author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage at an event in western New York on Friday and was stabbed at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen, state police said.

El escritor Salman Rushdie, cuyos textos le trajeron amenazas de muerte por parte de Irán en la década de los 80, fue presuntamente apuñalado en el cuello ...

Rushdie es un destacado vocero de la libertad de expresión y causas liberales. y que solo en cuestión de unos 20 segundos le quedó claro que lo estaban golpeando. Para el cuidado del evento, solo fue asignado un solo agente de la policía estatal, fue quien hizo el arresto.

The Indian-born novelist was ordered to be killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing.

Iranian organisations, however, have raised a bounty worth millions of dollars for his murder. A State Trooper present at the event took the attacker into custody, police reported. Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who was ordered to be killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing, was attacked on stage at an event in New York and suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, according to New York State Police and an eyewitness.

Rushdie, quien recibió amenazas de muerte de islamistas radicales después de escribir "Los versos satánicos" en 1988, participaba en una charla cuando ...

El furor que siguió a la publicación de su libro, considerado blasfemo por muchos musulmanes, tuvo consecuencias de largo alcance. La fatua en un país religioso como Irán es emitida por alguna autoridad -en este caso el ayatolá- y tiene el mismo valor de una ley. Uno parece convertirse en un ángel que flota sobre Londres y al otro le salen cuernos y pezuñas. "Consternado de que sir Salman Rushdie haya sido apuñalado mientras ejercía un derecho que nunca debemos dejar de defender. Y en la tercera historia, la más controvertida, un profeta que parece inspirado en la figura de Mahoma funda una religión en el desierto. "Las noticias no son buenas.

Author was attacked by a man storming the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

A statement from New York state police said: “On August 12, 2022, at about 11am, a male suspect ran up on to the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer. Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. You need a pass to access the grounds but it is not too difficult get in. A state trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. Eyewitness reports said that a man wearing a black mask rushed onstage and began to attack Rushdie as he was sitting on the stage. The statement continued: “The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. Speaking to the Guardian, Japanese-born English novelist Kazuo Ishiguro said: “He’s been incredibly brave through all these years, continuously putting himself on the line for the right to think and speak freely, despite the dangers that never went away. But here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power, someone who’s been out there unafraid, despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life.” Chautauqua has always prided itself as a place where people can engage in civil dialogue. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin assaulting Rushdie as he was being introduced. Phone footage captured moments after the attack shows audience members scrambling on to the stage to help. Photos taken by an Associated Press reporter show Rushdie lying on his back, with a first responder crouched over him.

Salman Rushdie es famoso por Los versos satánicos, la novela de 1988 que le valió al autor una sentencia de muerte del entonces ayatola Jomeini.

“Y no solo como vemos, en los últimos días, no solo vidas negras, sino que ahora el ataque a la comunidad asiática es igual de peligroso”. Y, francamente, ya es hora de que la gente preste atención”. Las manifestaciones públicas contra el libro se extendieron a Pakistán en enero de 1989, según Britannica. Fue entonces cuando se dio cuenta de que tendría que contar las historias de ambos. “Soy un gran partidario del movimiento Black Lives Matter”, dijo. En 1975 publicó su primera novela, Grimus.

By Kanishka Singh and Jonathan Allen. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to ...

"I felt like we needed to have more protection there because Salman Rushdie is not a usual writer," said Anour Rahmani, an Algerian writer and human rights activist who was in the audience. "The worst thing Chautauqua could do is back away from its mission in light of this tragedy, and I don't think Mr. Rushdie would want that either." Rushdie published a memoir in 2012 about his cloistered, secretive life under the fatwa called "Joseph Anton," the pseudonym he used while in British police protection. "A man jumped up on the stage from I don't know where and started what looked like beating him on the chest, repeated fist strokes into his chest and neck," said Bradley Fisher, who was in the audience. A doctor in the audience helped tend to Rushdie while emergency services arrived, police said. "The news is not good," Andrew Wylie, his book agent, wrote in an email.

El hombre detenido por el ataque este viernes al escritor británico Salman Rushdie se llama Hadi Matar. El sospechoso tiene 24 años y vive en la ciudad de ...

La sangre le cubría los ojos y las mejillas". La conferencia de Rushdie llevaba por título "Más que cobijo" e iba a tratar sobre el carácter de Estados Unidos "como tierra de asilo y hogar para la libertad de expresión creadora". "Las noticias no son buenas. En referencia al ataque contra el escritor británico, la gobernadora del estado de Nueva York, Kathy Hochul, aseguró que "un agente de la policía estatal se puso de pie y salvó su vida, lo protegió a él y al moderador". Staniszewski señaló que cuando el escritor y el presentador del evento estaban en el escenario, el hombre se subió a la tarima y asestó a Rushdie al menos una puñalada en el cuello y otra en el abdomen, e hirió levemente al moderador, Henry Reese. Matar tenía un pase para asistir a la conferencia que Rushdie, de 75 años, iba a dar en la Institución Chautauqua, en el noroeste del estado de Nueva York, detalló un portavoz de la policía.

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

Since then, Mr. Rushdie has published eight novels and a 2012 memoir, “ Joseph Anton,” about the fatwa. Mr. Rushdie seemed perfectly comfortable out in the world, he said. Mr. Koch said that several people worked to separate the assailant from Mr. Rushdie, and were able to do so before a uniformed officer arrived and placed the attacker in handcuffs. But the fatwa remains in place, reportedly with a bounty attached from an Iranian religious foundation of some $3.3 million as of 2012. He was barred from the country for more than a decade. The attack was decried by literary figures and public officials. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, issued a religious edict known as a fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989, ordering Muslims to kill Mr. Rushdie. A price was put on his head of several million dollars. Mary Newsom, who attended the lecture, said that some people thought at first that it might be a stunt. On Friday morning, any sense that threats to his life were a thing of the past was dispelled when an attacker rushed the stage of Chautauqua Institution here in Western New York, where Mr. Rushdie was scheduled to give a talk about the United States as a safe haven for exiled writers. “The news is not good,” Mr. Wylie said in an email. The brazen attack on Mr. Rushdie shook the literary world. Mr. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said Friday evening that Mr. Rushdie was on a ventilator and could not speak.

The Satanic Verses author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at an event in New York state.

"Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the world. There has been no reaction from the Iranian government to Mr Rushdie's stabbing. Mr Reese is the co-founder of a non-profit organisation that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution. A doctor in the audience gave Mr Rushdie first aid. A year after the book's release, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini called for Mr Rushdie's execution. He was taken to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, by helicopter.

The venue where renowned author Salman Rushdie -- whose controversial work has triggered death threats -- was stabbed Friday had rejected previous ...

Staff and audience members rushed to the attacker and put him on the ground before a state trooper took him into custody, police said. "He came in the left side and leapt across the stage and just lunged at him. Also injured Friday was Henry Reese, co-founder of the Pittsburgh nonprofit City of Asylum, who was scheduled to join Rushdie in a discussion, police said. "We will assess for each of the events at the Institution what we think the appropriate level of security is and that's an ongoing process that we work in concert with local law enforcement on." "The nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged. Authorities have not disclosed the type of weapon that was used in the attack.

CHAUTAUQUA, Nueva York, EE.UU. (AP) — El agente del escritor Salman Rushdie informó que el escritor se encuentra conectado a un respirador artificial ...

Just as the mind recoils at the sight of a single book burned, the spilled blood of an author inspires revulsion.

In some ways, he never stopped fighting the debate that first ignited around the fatwa, with some defending him unreservedly and others arguing that perhaps his perceived insult of Islam was a mistake and a needless provocation on his part. Rushdie himself has become something of an absolutist on the freedom of expression. Rushdie has not been targeted by his own state, of course—after living in hiding for years in London, he has lived openly in New York for the past two decades. The Yiddish poets and writers whom the dictator ordered shot in the basement of the Lubyanka prison. That it was here that Rushdie was struck repeatedly with a knife is a terrible irony. He was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution, a cottage community that was founded in the late 19th century as a place for religious learning, and that has since become an oasis of education and discussion every summer.

Chautauqua, N.Y. (AP) -- Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and ...

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The Phoenix Mercury and the New York Liberty (both 15-20) currently hold the seventh and eighth seeds while the Minnesota Lynx and the Atlanta Dream (both 14-21) are one game behind. Residents and lodging visitors were allowed to return to normal use of water. Restaurants were told by city officials to clos and hundreds of residents were told they "must reduce water use, including dishwashing, laundry, showering, and only flush when absolutely necessary." The droughts have caused water quality to deteriorate, with parts of Hungary issuing a weekend swimming ban. Bestselling author Salman Rushdie was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education center in western New York, suffering stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer was on a ventilator Friday evening, with a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye he was likely to lose.

Salman Rushdie was attacked at a Chautauqua Institution panel in western New York on Friday.

Rushdie was the former president of PEN America, a nonprofit that defends freedom of expression and supports persecuted writers. Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" forced him into hiding after it was banned in Iran and a $3 million bounty was put on his head. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody." "Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital. "On August 12, 2022, at about 11 a.m., a male suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer," the statement read. A state trooper who was present took the suspect into custody with the assistance of a local sheriff's deputy.

El escritor Salman Rushdie sufrió un ataque este viernes antes de dar una conferencia en el estado de Nueva York, informó la policía.

El personal y los miembros de la audiencia corrieron hacia el atacante y lo pusieron en el suelo antes de que un policía estatal lo detuviera, dijo la policía. Rushdie nació en la India en 1947, de nacionalidad británica y estadounidense. El testigo, que estaba a unos unos 20 metros (75 pies) del escenario, no escuchó al atacante decir nada ni vio un arma. Las autoridades no han revelado el tipo de arma que se utilizó en el ataque. Rushdie le dijo a CNN en 1999 que la experiencia le enseñó a "valorar aún más... intensamente las cosas que antes valoraba, como el arte de la literatura y la libertad de expresión y el derecho a decir cosas que a otras personas no les gustan". El testigo no está siendo identificado porque expresó su preocupación por su seguridad personal. Matar, de 24 años, supuestamente apuñaló a Rushdie al menos una vez en el cuello y al menos una vez en el abdomen, dijo la policía estatal. La policía estatal recomienda que Matar, de 24 años, sea acusado de intento de asesinato en segundo grado y agresión en segundo grado por el apuñalamiento del Rushdie. "Evaluamos para cada evento cuál creemos que es el nivel de seguridad apropiado, y este fue sin duda uno que pensamos que era importante, por eso teníamos una presencia de policía estatal y sheriff allí", dijo Hill. “Evaluaremos para cada uno de los eventos en la Institución cuál creemos que es el nivel apropiado de seguridad y ese es un proceso continuo en el que trabajamos en conjunto con las fuerzas del orden locales”. También resultó herido el viernes Henry Reese, cofundador de la organización sin fines de lucro City of Asylum de Pittsburgh, quien estaba programado para unirse a Rushdie en una conversación, dijo la policía. Fue llevado a un hospital y tratado por una lesión en la cara y dado de alta. Rushdie, de 75 años, fue apuñalado al menos dos veces en el escenario de la Institución Chautauqua antes de dar una conferencia, dijo el viernes la policía del estado de Nueva York. El escritor trasladado en avión a un hospital en el noroeste de Pensilvania y se sometió a una cirugía, dijo un agente de policía de Pensilvania. La dirección de la institución había rechazado las recomendaciones de medidas de seguridad básicas, incluidos los registros de equipaje y los detectores de metales, por temor a que crearan una división entre los oradores y la audiencia, según dos fuentes que hablaron con CNN. También temían que cambiaría la cultura en la institución, dijeron las fuentes.

Charges are pending against suspect. Chautauqua Institution to continue summer programming. Security measures to be reviewed.

"This evening, we are called to take on fear and the worst of all human traits — hate. In it, Rushdie puts his spin on the Cervantes classic with a modern-day Don Quixote, satirizing President Donald Trump’s America. The book has been long-listed for the Booker Prize. Today now, we're called to take on fear and the worst of all human traits: hate." MPAC has been a vanguard of the right of freedom of speech, tracing our work back to 1989 when we spoke out against the fatwa issued against Mr. Rushdie. Freedom of expression is a constitutional and Islamic human right. The New York State Police on Friday said a trooper next to the stage "immediately" took Matar into custody, with the help of a Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office deputy. Chautauqua County Institution President Michael Hill on Friday said the appropriate level of security is assessed for every event at the institution. "What we experienced at Chautauqua today is unlike anything in our 150-year history. "We know that Mr. Rushdie is a controversial novelist and we're all aware of the history here. "There was no security stopping us from getting to the stage," Susko said. "There was screening to prevent attendees from bringing in a cup of coffee. Authorities said several members of the institution's staff, as well as audience members, rushed Matar on stage and forced him to the floor. Rushdie was given immediate first aid by a doctor in the audience before emergency medical services arrived.

CHAUTAUQUA, Nueva York, EE.UU. (AP) — El agente del escritor Salman Rushdie informó que el escritor se encuentra conectado a un respirador artificial ...

La policía dijo que un agente estatal fue asignado a la conferencia de Rushdie y que fue él quien realizó el arresto. El moderador del evento, Henry Reese, de 73 años, cofundador de una organización que ofrece residencias a escritores que enfrentan persecución, también fue atacado. Un reportero de The Associated Press vio a un hombre confrontar a Rushdie en el escenario mientras lo presentaban. El autor de 75 años fue derribado o cayó al suelo y el hombre fue detenido. En Teherán, algunos iraníes entrevistados por la AP elogiaron el ataque contra un autor que, según ellos, mancilló la fe islámica, mientras que otros temían que aislase aún más al país. Un libro del Rushdie, “Los versos satánicos”, le atrajo amenazas de muerte tras su publicación en 1988.

A 24-year-old New Jersey man was charged with attempted murder in Friday's attack, which occurred in Chautauqua, N.Y. The author underwent surgery and was ...

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MAYVILLE, Nueva York, EE.UU. (AP) — Salman Rushdie seguía hospitalizado el sábado tras sufrir heridas graves en un ataque con cuchillo la víspera, ...

Suspect, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey remanded without bail over alleged attack on author in New York.

A helicopter crew flew Rushdie to a hospital in nearby Erie, Pennsylvania, where he underwent surgery. He suffered a relatively minor facial wound during the attack. The crime, under New York law, can carry up to 25 years in prison upon conviction. Rushdie suffered three stab wounds to the right front of his neck, another four to his stomach, one each to his right eye and chest, and a cut to his right thigh, Schmidt said on Saturday. Investigators had earlier booked Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, with one count of attempted second-degree murder in Rushdie’s stabbing and one count of second-degree assault on a man who shared a stage with the author at the time of the attack on Friday, according to a statement from authorities. The man suspected of stabbing the novelist Salman Rushdie at a literary festival in western New York pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault at a court appearance on Saturday.

After the author Salman Rushdie was stabbed on Friday at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, state and federal investigators were trying to ...

The novel’s Norwegian publisher was shot three times in 1993 outside his home in Oslo and was seriously injured. A spokeswoman for a hospital in Erie, Pa., where Mr. Rushdie is being treated, said it would not provide information on patient conditions. A woman in a gray Jeep Rubicon in the driveway kept her windows up, waving off reporters as she sped away. In court, prosecutors said that the attack on the author was premeditated and targeted. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led Iran after its 1979 revolution, issued an edict known as a fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989. When Mr. Matar, a United States citizen, was arrested, he was carrying two fake IDs, according to a law enforcement official. People started to congregate in the aisles. Mr. Rushdie, who had been living relatively openly after years of a semi-clandestine existence, had just taken a seat to give a talk when a man attacked him. A video on TikTok that was subsequently taken down showed the chaotic scene moments after the attacker had jumped onto the stage at the normally placid institution. Security at the Chautauqua Institution is minimal. A crowd of people immediately rushed to where the author lay on the stage to offer aid. Nathaniel Barone, a public defender, entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf.