Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American, has been threatened with death since 1989, a year after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses, when the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for his assassination and set a …

2 days ago · A jury has convicted a New Jersey man for attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie while the author was on stage at a speaking event in upstate New York.. Hadi Matar ...

1 day ago · MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.. Jurors delivered the verdict after deliberating for less than two hours, also finding Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on the …

1 day ago · Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of stabbing novelist during New York event in 2022 Hadi Matar is also facing federal terrorism-related charges stemming from the attack on Salman Rushdie, who was ...

1 day ago · After an eight-day trial, the man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in August 2022 was found guilty Friday of attempted murder and assault.. Hadi Matar, 27, of New Jersey, was on trial in ...

1 day ago · The man who repeatedly stabbed Salman Rushdie during a 2022 public lecture in New York, leaving the author blind in one eye and with permanent nerve damage, was found guilty on Friday of attempted ...

1 day ago · Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022.. Matar, 27, was found guilty of ...

1 day ago · A jury in western New York on Friday found a New Jersey man guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of the author Salman Rushdie, which left him partially blind.

20 hours ago · Trial of Salman Rushdie attacker to launch with tricky jury selection list 3 of 4 ‘Screaming because of the pain’: Salman Rushdie recounts stabbing at trial list 4 of 4 Welcome back, Salman ...

1 day ago · A New Jersey man who stabbed renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder and assault. Hadi Matar, 27, now ...