Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie canceled his planned speech at a California college after students protested his appearance.

During sentencing, Matar addressed the court, expressing disdain for Rushdie and his work. “Salman Rushdie wants to ...

Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed Salman Rushdie, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday, 16th May. The attack took ...

An American-Lebanese man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie with a ...

A man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie, leaving the author blind in one eye, has been jailed for 25 years. Hadi Matar was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Prosecutors ...

(AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file) FILE - Hadi Matar sits in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file) FILE - Author Salman Rushdie appears at a press ...

In August 2022, Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed at a lecture event in New York in his neck, chest, eye, and other areas. He ...

The New Jersey man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 has been sentenced to ...

A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front of a stunned audience in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison. Hadi Matar, 27 ...

A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder ... statement about freedom of speech in which he called Rushdie a hypocrite. “Salman Rushdie wants to disrespect other people,” said ...