Rushdie Threat

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  Salman Rushdie Says A Free Palestine Would Be A "Taliban-Like State"

  The India-born author, a naturalised American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses' was declared blasphemous by Iran's supreme leader.

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  AI Writing Tools Lack "Originality, Sense Of Humour", Says Salman Rushdie

  Artificial intelligence tools may pose a threat to writers of thrillers and science fiction, but lack the originality and humour to challenge serious novelists, Salman Rushdie wrote in a French journal published Thursday.

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  Scottish Police Probe "Online Threat" To JK Rowling Over Rushdie Tweet

  Scottish police said on Sunday they were investigating an apparent "online threat" made to Harry Potter author JK Rowling in response to her tweet supporting Salman Rushdie following his stabbing.

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  Author JK Rowling Receives Death Threat Over Tweet On Salman Rushdie

  JK Rowling, best known for the fantasy book series "Harry Potter", has received a death threat on Twitter after she condemned the attack on fellow British writer Salman Rushdie.

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  Iran's Hardline Newspapers Praise Salman Rushdie's Attacker

  Several hardline Iranian newspapers poured praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989.

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  Novelist Salman Rushdie In Surgery After Being Attacked On Stage

  British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, underwent emergency surgery Friday after an assailant stabbed him in the neck at a literary event in New York state.

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  Salman Rushdie's Writings Made Him Target Of Iranian Death Threats

  British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings made him the target of Iranian death threats that forced him into hiding, was attacked on stage Friday in western New York state.

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  After 27 Years, Nobel Panel Condemns Salman Rushdie Death Threats

  The Swedish Academy, which selects the winners of the Nobel Prize in literature, has condemned an Iranian death warrant against British writer Salman Rushdie, 27 years after it was pronounced.

• Salman Rushdie: From exile to everywhere

  Once forced into hiding by death threats, Salman Rushdie is now an indefatigable presence on the New York social scene.

• Rajasthan government says it had received inputs of SIMI threat to Salman Rushdie

  Dismissing Salman Rushdie's charge that the state police had invented a "plot" to keep him away from the Literature Festival, the Rajasthan government tonight said it had received intelligence inputs that the banned SIMI was planning to target him during the festival.

• Rushdie row: BJP claims match fixing by Congress

  The controversy over author Salman Rushdie skipping the Jaipur Literature Festival due to alleged security threats has turned into an ugly spat between the congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP today said Rushdie's visit was a fixed match between intelligence agencies and the Centre and accused the congress of communalising the iss...

• Uncertainty over Salman Rushdie's video link; complaints against authors who read from 'The Satanic Verses'

  After much controversy first over his presence and then his absence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, it's now unclear if the writer will be allowed to participate on the fifth and final day of the event via a video link. Sources in the government and police say that concerns about law and order may be used to pull the plug on the video chat.

• Controversy over who kept Salman Rushdie out of Jaipur Literature Festival

  The literary fest in Jaipur is drawing big crowds, but also bigger controversies, courtesy Salman Rushdie. The heated debate over several authors reading from his The Satanic Verses, a book banned in India, is still raging and so is the one on what kept Mr Rushdie away from the festival.

• Mumbai Police denies Rushdie's death threat claims, Rajasthan government says inputs came from Centre

  A day after Salman Rushdie skipped the Jaipur Literature Festival alleging death threats, security agencies from Mumbai and Rajasthan have come up with different reports on the matter. The Rajasthan Home Secretary reportedly had written to the organisers of the festival detailing inputs from the Centre about threats to author Salman Rushdie. But th...

• Salman Rushdie statement on Jaipur Lit Fest

  Renowned and controversial author Salman Rushdie finally announced that he would not be attending the Jaipur Literature Festival after all. The event has begun today. Mr Rushdie also issued a statement explaining the reason behind his skipping the meet.