February 11, 2025 - Rushdie testifies in court against Matar, showing a jury his blinded right eye. On May 16, Matar is found ...

Rushdie recounts a story about Samuel Beckett, another writer who survived a stabbing. Unlike Beckett, however, Rushdie never ...

Iranian clerics invoking "mohareb" charge against President Donald Trump face potential sanctions, as group demands threats ...

"Those who threaten the leadership and integrity of the Islamic Ummah are to be considered warlords," Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi said.

Iran’s Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, issued a fatwa declaring US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as 'enemies of God'. According to Iran’s ...

The fatwa did not fade: in the 1990s, Rushdie’s Japanese translator, Hitoshi Igarashi, was stabbed to death in July 1991, and his Italian translator was injured days earlier.

Iran's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, has issued a religious decree against US President ...