Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack, praising ‘heroes’ who saved him
A surprise speaker at the Pen America gala, the author said ‘if it had not been for these people, I most certainly would not be standing here’
August 2022
UK sales of The Satanic Verses surge after Rushdie stabbing
Publisher Vintage has ordered a reprint following rush to buy the 1988 novel in the wake of the attack on the author earlier this month
Hundreds of authors to read from Salman Rushdie’s works in show of solidarity
The ‘Stand with Salman’ event in New York mirrors a public reading of The Satanic Verses that took place after the fatwa was issued in 1989
Salman Rushdie on ventilator after being stabbed at New York event – video report
Authorities have identified the man suspected of stabbing author Rushdie Salman at a New York state event
February 2016
Salman Rushdie fatwa causes outrage
Letter: We stand with Rushdie and the many Iranian freethinkers and writers languishing in prison
May 2014
We still don't know who'll win the global battle for free speech
Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash: Threats such as the fatwa on Salman Rushdie may have eased, but elsewhere fanatics and oppressive states are still trying to exert control
April 2014
Martin Amis describes arguing with Prince Charles over Rushdie fatwa
Author recalls dinner party contretemps with Charles over death threats to Satanic Verses author
February 2014
Books blog
The Satanic Verses: the sentence goes on
Twenty-five years after the fatwa, Salman Rushdie is safer but not safe, and speech for other writers is far from free
July 2012
Will Iran shoot itself in the foot with a video game about Salman Rushdie?
David Mitchell
David Mitchell: Iranian plans to make a computer game about Salman Rushdie could backfire, as its population start to see the world through his eyes
June 2012
Salman Rushdie fatwa turned into Iranian video game
The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict unveiled as Tehran hosts games expo
April 2012
Salman Rushdie reveals details of fatwa memoir
Joseph Anton – the pseudonym adopted by the novelist while in hiding from death threats over The Satanic Verses – will be published in September
February 2012
Observer dispatch
Gandhi clan scours India's largest state for votes among Muslims and outcast
The Congress party of Nehru and Indira Gandhi is accused of sacrificing free speech to make a comeback in India's most populous state
January 2012
Salman Rushdie has found peace – but the Satanic Verses 'affair' won't go away
Cleric calls for Salman Rushdie to be barred from India
October 2010
Salman Rushdie at work on fatwa memoir
Author reveals he is already 100 pages into his account of being driven into hiding after publication of The Satanic Verses
April 2010
Film blog
The Infidel is not Islam's Life of Brian
David Cox: Monty Python fearlessly sent up Christianity almost three decades ago, but David Baddiel's comedy doesn't come close to doing the same for Islam. Could a film that poked fun at Islam actually get made?
February 2010
Rushdie planning book about his time in hiding
Story of his experience of the fatwa 'needs to be told' says author, as his archive goes on display in America
February 2009
Cif belief
An all-too familiar affair
Rahila Gupta
Rahila Gupta: The Rushdie fatwa: Women had been fighting fundamentalism on the streets of London for years before The Satanic Verses
Cif belief
A legacy of sensitivity
David Mattin
David Mattin: The Rushdie fatwa: A tendency to apply special standards to speech about Islam is now creeping through our culture
Cif belief
An unfunny Valentine
Anshuman A Mondal
Anshuman A Mondal: The Rushdie fatwa: The Satanic Verses affair was a clash, not between Islam and the west, but between religious and secular sensibilities
