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Admire Rushdie as a writer and a champion – but don’t forget he is a man of flesh and blood

For decades, we have asked the novelist to carry the weight of our anxieties. Can we now just let him be human, asks Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Iran says Salman Rushdie to blame for own stabbing

Iran has denied any involvement in the New York stabbing of Salman Rushdie, arguing that only the author and his supporters are to be blamed for the attack.

Evening Standard

Iran denies any involvement in attack on Sir Salman Rushdie

AN IRANIAN government official has denied that Tehran had any involvement in the attack on author Sir Salman Rushdie.

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Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

An Iranian government spokesperson added that Iran did not "have any other information more than what the American media has reported."

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Salman Rushdie: Who is he, what is he known for and what happened to him?

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie stabbing: Iran denies involvement and says author himself is to blame for attack

Sir Salman is in critical condition after being stabbed nearly 10 times on stage

The Independent UK

Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie

An Iranian government official is denying that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack

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India and Pakistan at 75: partition remains an open wound as new friction points arise

The global arena in which the nuclear-armed neighbours confront each other is changing radically

The Guardian - US

Iran says Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack

Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday that no one had the right to level accusations against Tehran over Friday's attack on Salman Rushdie, and only he and his supporters were worthy of reproach and condemnation for denigrating the world's Muslims.

Reuters

Monday briefing: From Germany to Japan, five plans to confront the energy crisis

In today’s newsletter: Nationalising utilities, firing up disused coal plants and restrictions on air con – this is how other nations are tackling spiralling energy chaos

The Guardian - UK

I'm disturbed by new threats made against me: Taslima Nasrin

Even as images of author Salman Rushdie being stabbed multiple times on stage in New York by Hadi Matar, suspected of being sympathetic to Shia extremism, continues to haunt, another author Taslima Nasrin against whom several fatwas shave been issued for her "anti-Islamic remarks" says that she is extremely disturbed…

The Times of India

Who is Salman Rushdie? What is he famous for? Wasn't he in Bridget Jones' Diary?

The Indian-born author is best known for his controversial novel The Satanic Verses and fury around the book made him a pop culture figure.

ABC News

Moderator describes ‘tragic irony’ and ‘horror’ as violence on Rushdie unfolded

Ralph Henry Reese, co-founder of project that offers exiled writers refuge, says attack should serve as wake up call – and call to action

The Guardian - US

Morning mail: Afghan refugee visa limbo, Turnbull backs voice, Olivia Newton-John’s best

Monday: Today marks one year since the Taliban recaptured Kabul but some who fled the capital are stuck in a legal limbo. Plus: Salman Rushdie’s son says his ‘defiant sense of humour’ is intact

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The Loop: Sydney Airport hit with delays, fears of threat to FBI after Trump raid, and a Cameron Smith penalty — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The Hindu

PUCL condemns attack on Salman Rushdie

Calls for global human rights movements to ensure implementation of fundamental freedoms

Daily Record

JK Rowling trolls Twitter after site says 'death threat' isn't a breach of rules

The author hit out after being targeted on the social media site following her tweet in support of Salman Rushdie.

The New Daily

Salman Rushdie awake and still ‘feisty’, family says

Author Salman Rushdie's life is still under threat but he remains "feisty" and maintains his sense of humour, his family says.

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His feisty and defiant sense of humour remains: Salman Rushdie's son Zafar Rushdie on his father's health

An on-stage attack on former Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie during an event in upstate New York on August 12, 2022, sent shockwaves in the literary world. Rushdie was stabbed 15 times and was airlifted to a hospital where he was on ventilator support for a day. Now, roughly two days…

Reuters

Suspect's father refuses to speak about Rushdie attack - Lebanon town mayor

The father of a man charged with attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie has locked himself in at his home in southern Lebanon and is refusing to speak to anyone, town mayor Ali Tehfe said on Sunday.

The National (Scotland)

Celebrities jump to the defence of Jerry Sadowitz after Fringe show cancellation

CELEBRITIES are criticising the decision by a Scottish theatre to cancel the comedian Jerry Sadowitz’s remaining shows at the Edinburgh Fringe…

The Guardian - UK

What Salman Rushdie told me about how to deal with fear

Letters: Anyone who cares about our liberties owes the author a debt of gratitude, writes Graham Swift

Chicago Sun-Times

Salman Rushdie on ‘road to recovery’

The announcement from his agent followed news the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie’s ex-wife Padma Lakshmi shares message of support after ‘Friday’s nightmare’

‘Worried and wordless, can finally exhale. Now hoping for swift healing’

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie ‘road to recovery has begun’ but ‘will be long,’ agent says

Author is off ventilator and able to talk after suffering stab wounds to his neck, stomach, eye, chest and thigh in New York attack

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