Journalism of Courage
Author Salman Rushdie was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., about 75 miles (120 km) south of Buffalo. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)
The author's writing had led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s,(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained.(AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)
Blood stains mark a screen as author Salman Rushdie, behind screen, is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman)
Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death.(REUTERS/Brian Snyder)
Salman Rushdie's condition was not immediately known (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
