Hadi Matar, who attempted to kill Salman Rushdie was found guilty by a jury on February 21. He stormed a stage and attacked ‘Satanic Verses’ author repeatedly with a knife.

or edict, calling for Rushdie's death. Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 after publication of the novel "The Satanic Verses," which some Muslims consider blasphemous.

Jurors heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a matter of seconds at a 2022 New York talk and how ...

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn’t ...

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In a separate indictment, federal authorities allege Matar was motivated by a terrorist organization’s endorsement of a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death. A later trial on the ...

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By Jonathan Allen MAYVILLE, New York (Reuters) -Jurors heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a ...