Shutting Down Salman Rushdie Is Not Going to Help

Hasn’t Salman Rushdie suffered enough?

I used to run into Salman Rushdie at London literary parties a couple of decades ago, before he became a US citizen in 2016 and largely made his life there afterwards. He was always charming and likable company, during the brief conversations that we had, and the worst that I would say of him is that he was all too aware of his own fame and reputation. Certainly, I was not the only one in a long line of admirers and acolytes wishing for a couple…

Daily Beast Mocks Stabbing Victim Salman Rushdie for Canceling Commencement Address

The Daily Beast is mocking author Salman Rushdie, who was attacked at a lecture in 2022, for canceling a speech after Muslims objected.

Shutting Down Salman Rushdie Is Not Going to Help

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

Salman Rushdie Backs Out of Commencement Speech at Claremont McKenna College Over Protest Threats

"Claremont McKenna’s Muslim Student Association had criticized the college’s choice of Rushdie"

Hadi Matar, who stabbed Salman Rushdie at a conference in 2022, will simultaneously serve the maximum sentences for attempted murder and assault. The man who made Salman Rushdie blind with an eye after stabbing him at a conference in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday 16 May, according to the Associated Press. Hadi [...] This article Salman Rushdie's assailant sentenced to 25 years in prison appeared first on Rolling Stone.