Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author ...

In February, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie while the ...

A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front of a stunned audience in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind ...

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

Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is.

Hadi Matar, the defendant, said he believed Mr. Rushdie to be a hypocrite. His attack left the acclaimed author blind in one ...

Lawyers for New Jersey resident Hadi Matar said they planned to appeal the sentence, which was the maximum possible.

Why did Salman Rushdie, famed author of “The Satanic Verses” and radical Islam’s most famous heretic, abruptly bow out of ...

Renowned novelist Sir Salman Rushdie has backed out of a college commencement speech at the eleventh hour amid intensifying ...

Novelist Salman Rushdie has decided not to deliver the graduation speech for Claremont McKenna College, pulling out days ...

The New Jersey man who tried to kill acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Hadi Matar ...

Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, receives 25-year sentence for attempted murder. Rushdie was stabbed during a lecture, ...