Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
Jurors found Hadi Matar guilty of transnational terrorism, and prosecutors said the attack was driven by a decades-old fatwa and extremist messages.
- On Wednesday, July 29, 2026, a jury convicted Hadi Matar of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, exposing him to a potential life sentence.
- Matar stabbed Rushdie 15 times in August 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution, acting on a decades-old death threat tied to the author's 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses.
- Digital records from 2021 and 2022 show Matar tracking Rushdie's public appearances and messaging contacts that he "wanted everyone to know he was doing this for Hezbollah."
- Already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence for attempted murder, Matar faces additional federal penalties after declining to testify; defense lawyer Nathaniel Barone argued the government lacked proof of intent.
- An Iranian foundation maintains a bounty of more than $3 million for killing Rushdie, yet the author published a 2024 memoir and returned to fiction with last year's The Eleventh Hour.
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ussanews.comJustice for Salman Rushdie—and a Warning to the West
Hadi Matar will likely spend the rest of his wretched life in jail. On Wednesday a federal jury in Buffalo, New York, found the 28-year old Lebanese-American man guilty of acting on the orders of Iran’s regime and providing support for Hezbollah when he nearly murdered author Salman Rushdie four years ago as he was giving a talk at the Chautauqua literary festival.Matar was already serving a 25-year sentence after he was convicted of attempted m…
Salman Rushdie Attacker Found Guilty of Iran-Linked Islamic Terrorism.
Hadi Matar, the radical Islamic terrorist charged with stabbing Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie multiple times, has been found guilty of attempting to carry out a fatwa and providing support to terrorists in federal court.PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Hadi Matar, the man who attacked author Salman Rushdie in 2022, has been found guilty of attempting to carry out a fatwa and providing material support to Hezbollah. DETAIL: Back in August 2022,…
Jury convicts Hadi Matar on terrorism charges in Salman Rushdie stabbing attack
A federal jury has convicted Hadi Matar, 28, of Fairview, New Jersey, on terrorism charges stemming from his 2022 attack on author Salman Rushdie, the Justice Department announced.
Jewish Press
India WestSalman Rushdie Attacker Convicted on Terrorism Charges
(July 30, 2026 / JNS) A federal jury convicted a New Jersey man on terrorism charges on Wednesday for attempting to murder author Salman Rushdie in 2022 in support of Hezbollah and an Iranian fatwa calling for the novelist’s death.Hadi Matar, 28, of Fairview, was found guilty of attempting to provide material support to a […]
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