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Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie speaks during his sentencing hearing at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Chautauqua, New York, on May 16, 2025.
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Salman Rushdie assailant sentenced to 25 years in prison

The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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16 May, 2025
Salman Rushdie, author, during the Cliveden Literary Festival 2024 at Cliveden House on September 21, 2024 in Windsor, England.
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Hadi Matar guilty of attempted murder of novelist Salman Rushdie

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21 February, 2025
Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the eye in the 2022 attack [Getty]
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NY jury hears attacker 'close' to killing Salman Rushdie

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10 February, 2025
: Salman Rushdie attends the 75th National Book Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 20, 2024 in New York City.
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Trial of man in Salman Rushdie stabbing set to begin

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04 February, 2025
Liberal martyr or Islamophobe, Salman Rushdie wrong on Palestine
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Liberal martyr or Islamophobe, Salman Rushdie wrong on Palestine

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24 May, 2024
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Outrage as Rushdie says a free Palestine would be 'Taliban-like'

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21 May, 2024
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Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack

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19 May, 2023
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Iranian foundation offers land to Rushdie attacker: report

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21 February, 2023
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Salman Rushdie speaks of difficulty writing post-stabbing

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07 February, 2023
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US sanctions Iran-based foundation over Rushdie bounty

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28 October, 2022
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Rushdie, Abu Akleh, and the colonial violence of free speech

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28 September, 2022
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Literature world holds New York rally for Rushdie

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19 August, 2022
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Rushdie attack suspect says he admires Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini

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17 August, 2022
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The complex legacy of the Salman Rushdie affair in Iran

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16 August, 2022
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Rushdie stab suspect was 'in touch' with Iran Guards: report

The New Arab Staff
15 August, 2022
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Iran 'categorically' denies link with Rushdie attacker

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15 August, 2022
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Salman Rushdie: Suspect's dad 'refuses to speak' of attack

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14 August, 2022
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Salman Rushdie family 'relieved' he is off ventilator: son

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14 August, 2022
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Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says

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14 August, 2022
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Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

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14 August, 2022
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Salman Rushdie: Attack suspect charged with attempted murder

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13 August, 2022