Category: Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie Honored at PEN America Gala, First In-person Appearance Since Stabbing

NEW YORK—Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award, just nine months being after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized. “It’s nice to be back—as opposed to…


Prosecutors Request Names of Salman Rushdie Stabbing Witnesses Be Withheld From the Accused

Prosecutors in New York on Sept. 14 called on a Chautauqua County judge to withhold the names of witnesses in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie from alleged attacker Hadi Matar until the trial draws closer. During Matar’s court appearance on Wednesday, District Attorney Jason Schmidt requested that Judge David W. Foley put in place a protection order for…


Salman Rushdie Book Sales Surge in Aftermath of Assassination Attempt

Sales of Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” have surged in the days after the Indian-born writer was attacked and stabbed multiple times in New York state on Aug. 12. Readers have been purchasing the novel in solidarity with the badly injured author, even as the Iranian regime, which called for his assassination,…


Have Obama, Biden Fostered Iran Terror on US Soil?

The attempt on novelist Salman Rushdie’s life was the most dramatic Iranian terror attack on the American homeland. But the regime that takes “death to America” as its motto has others in its crosshairs, like dissident journalists and U.S. officials—including a former secretary of state. So why is the White House determined to give American…


Rushdie Stabbing Reminds Us That Iran Is Still the World’s Leading Terror State

Commentary Two weeks ago, a man stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed British author Salman Rushdie in the neck as he was being introduced. The topic under discussion was “the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression.” Chances are…


Rushdie Attack Suspect Says He Admires Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie said he respected Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but would not say if he was inspired by a fatwa issued by the former Iranian leader, according to a New York Post interview published on Wednesday. Hadi Matar also told the Post he had only “read a couple pages” of Rushdie’s…


PREMIERING 8PM ET: Kash’s Corner: The Mar-a-Lago Raid Docs; Forcing Their Release; and the Iranian Fatwa on Salman Rushdie

This episode will premiere on Friday, August 9 at 8 p.m. ET. In this episode of Kash’s Corner, Kash Patel addresses the Iranian fatwa on Salman Rushdie, possible U.S. reentry into the nuclear deal, and recent developments surrounding the Mar-a-Lago raid. “There is no way on planet earth that the Department of Justice did not…


PREMIERING 8 PM ET: Kash’s Corner: The Mar-a-Lago Raid Docs; Forcing Their Release; and the Iranian Fatwa on Salman Rushdie

This episode will premiere on Friday, Aug. 9, at 8 p.m. ET. In this episode of Kash’s Corner, Kash Patel addresses the Iranian fatwa on Salman Rushdie, possible U.S. reentry into the nuclear deal, and recent developments surrounding the Mar-a-Lago raid. “There is no way on planet earth that the Department of Justice did not…


Kash’s Corner: The Mar-a-Lago Raid Docs; Forcing Their Release; and the Iranian Fatwa on Salman Rushdie

In this episode of Kash’s Corner, Kash Patel addresses the Iranian fatwa on Salman Rushdie, possible U.S. reentry into the nuclear deal, and recent developments surrounding the Mar-a-Lago raid. “There is no way on planet earth that the Department of Justice did not tell the White House Counsel’s Office of this raid,” claims Kash. Kash…


Ep. 48: It’s Fair to Compare Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant With Hillary Clinton’s Emails | The Larry Elder Show

According to the unsealed search warrant for Mar-a-Lago, the FBI was looking for evidence of crimes related to obstruction of justice, removal of official records, and the mishandling of information relating to the national defense. Doesn’t this search warrant give you déjà vu? On July 5, 2016, FBI director James Comey issued a statement on…