The religious decree, like one issued against prize-winning author Salman Rushdie, calls on Muslims to bring down the ...

Celebrate Salman Rushdie’s birthday with a look at why his novels still matter today. Bold, brilliant, and more relevant than ...

Iranian Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Shirazi issues fatwa condemning Trump and Netanyahu as "enemies of God," calling on ...

Sir Salman Rushdie says he has moved on from the knife attack which has seen his attacker jailed for attempted murder. Hadi Matar, 27, was sentenced to 25 years last month after repeatedly stabbing ...

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, is more than just a political leader; he is a deeply ...

Salman Rushdie has been a marked man for nearly half his life. In 1989 Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini declared his novel, "The Satanic Verses," blasphemous, an insult to Islam, and called for ...

There is reportedly a fatwa, or religious edict, against Donald Trump. Trump recently ratchetted up the language against ...

As Salman Rushdie's birthday scurries around the corner, take a walk through the cities, empires and myths of his fabulism. From Bombay to Bisnaga, follow a literary trail filled with history, ...

Rushdie read several excerpts from "Knife" for 60 Minutes. "I would answer violence with art," says author Salman Rushdie. He initially didn't want to write his new book "Knife" about the attack ...

Salman Rushdie’s allegorical 'Midnight’s Children', Rohinton Mistry’s unflinching 'A Fine Balance', and Nirmal Verma’s ...

Salman Rushdie has pinpointed the moment authors should start worrying about AI. Speaking at the 2025 Hay Festival, which has partnered with The Independent for a second year, ...