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Top Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Ban On Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to ban Salman Rushdie's controversial novel "The Satanic Verses". The plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.
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Salman Rushdie Says He's "Pleased" Attacker Got Maximum 25-Year Sentence
The 77-year-old Indian-born British author was stabbed multiple times during an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, leaving him blind in one eye.
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Man Who Stabbed Author Salman Rushdie Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
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Man, Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie, Faces Up To 25 Years In Jail
Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges in February this year.
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Salman Rushdie To Publish 1st Fiction Book Since Brutal Stabbing In 2022
British-American novelist Salman Rushdie will publish his first major work of fiction since the brutal stabbing that blinded him in one eye, his publisher said on Thursday.
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Hadi Matar, Accused Of Trying To Kill Salman Rushdie, Found Guilty
An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author, a court official said.
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Salman Rushdie Slams Elon Musk Over Free Speech: "Want Him To Be The First Man On Mars"
The author stated that he wishes Musk would "just leave," criticising the entrepreneur for failing to defend free expression.
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Court Hears Attacker Came "Dangerously Close" To Killing Salman Rushdie
Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie told jurors Monday that the author came "dangerously close to dying" in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye.
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'The Satanic Verses' Author Salman Rushdie To Face Attacker In Attempted Murder Trial
A jury will hear attorneys' opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture.
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Why Salman Rushdie Is Trending And The Controversy Behind The 36-Year Ban Of The Satanic Verses
The novel was banned in 1988 for content deemed offensive to Islam, and its publication led to global unrest, including violent attacks and a fatwa against Rushdie.
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Top Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Ban On Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses'
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to ban Salman Rushdie's controversial novel "The Satanic Verses". The plea came up for hearing before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.
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Salman Rushdie Says He's "Pleased" Attacker Got Maximum 25-Year Sentence
The 77-year-old Indian-born British author was stabbed multiple times during an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, leaving him blind in one eye.
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Man Who Stabbed Author Salman Rushdie Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison
The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.
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Man, Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie, Faces Up To 25 Years In Jail
Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges in February this year.
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Salman Rushdie To Publish 1st Fiction Book Since Brutal Stabbing In 2022
British-American novelist Salman Rushdie will publish his first major work of fiction since the brutal stabbing that blinded him in one eye, his publisher said on Thursday.
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Hadi Matar, Accused Of Trying To Kill Salman Rushdie, Found Guilty
An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author, a court official said.
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Salman Rushdie Slams Elon Musk Over Free Speech: "Want Him To Be The First Man On Mars"
The author stated that he wishes Musk would "just leave," criticising the entrepreneur for failing to defend free expression.
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Court Hears Attacker Came "Dangerously Close" To Killing Salman Rushdie
Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie told jurors Monday that the author came "dangerously close to dying" in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye.
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'The Satanic Verses' Author Salman Rushdie To Face Attacker In Attempted Murder Trial
A jury will hear attorneys' opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture.
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Why Salman Rushdie Is Trending And The Controversy Behind The 36-Year Ban Of The Satanic Verses
The novel was banned in 1988 for content deemed offensive to Islam, and its publication led to global unrest, including violent attacks and a fatwa against Rushdie.
