Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of federal terrorism charges, motivated by Iranian fatwa

Hadi Matar faces life in prison after a federal jury convicted him of terrorism charges related to his knife attack on Salman Rushdie in 2022.

US court finds attacker, who is already serving a 25-year prison sentence, guilty of additional charges over 2022 assault.

Islamist who knifed Salman Rushdie on stage convicted of all-new string of terror offences  GB News

1 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 30, 2026 12:26 PM IST Author Salman Rushdie. (AP Photo)A man from the United States, serving 25 years in prison for attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie, has now been convicted of additional charges, including terrorism. He has been charged with providing material support to a Hezbol

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted the New Jersey man who attempted to murder writer Salmon Rushdie on additional terrorism-related charges.

A man was convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses."

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted novelist Salman Rushdie's assailant of "engaging in an act of terrorism" for the bloody August 2022 attack at a New York cultural center. Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese American, "chose to align his values with the terroristic values of the leaders of Iran," sai

A US man already serving a lengthy sentence was convicted on new federal charges. He was found guilty of providing material support to the militant group Hezbollah. Prosecutors linked his actions to a 1989 fatwa and a later speech. The author Salman Rushdie testified during the federal trial about the attack. This

Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese American, was convicted of 'engaging in an act of terrorism' after repeatedly stabbing the novelist in August 2022, nearly killing Rushdie and leaving him blind in one eye.

A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses."

According to evidence presented at his trial, Matar spent more than a year researching the fatwa before deciding to try fulfilling the edict with an attack on Rushdie.

A man has been found guilty in a federal terrorism prosecution tied to the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie four years ago, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ said in a Wednesday press release that 28-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, N.J. had been convicted by a federal jury of trying to give…

The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York arts institute in 2022 was found guilty on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges stemming from the attack.

July 29 - The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York arts institute in 2022 was found guilty on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges stemming from the attack.

A jury has found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism - he is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction

A man has been convicted in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threats over his writing.

A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.

Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.

Jurors on Wednesday convicted a man of federal terrorism charges for the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. In 2024, Rushdie spoke with Anderson Cooper about the attack.

Hadi Matar was convicted on federal terrorism charges for the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, adding a potential life sentence to his existing 25-year term.

A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.”

A man has been convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

A man was convicted on Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel The Satanic Verses. A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. A message s

Jury finds Hadi Matar guilty of all charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism

Rushdie was about to deliver a speech on writers’ safety when he was gravely wounded in the assault, suffering 15 stab wounds in front of a stunned audience

Man Convicted In Terrorism Trial Over 2022 Stabbing Of Author Salman Rushdie  huffpost.com

Hadi Matar has been found guilty of all the charges after the horror on-stage stabbing of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, who lost sight in one eye following the attack

Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie  CNN

A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.”

Hadi Matar stabbed Mr. Rushdie repeatedly at a literary conference in 2022 and could spend the rest of his life in prison.

Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie  AP News

The man on trial in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie has chosen not to testify or call any witnesses in the federal terrorism case.

The man on trial in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie has chosen not to testify or call any witnesses in the federal terrorism case