Man Convicted on Federal Terrorism Charges in 2022 Stabbing of Author Salman Rushdie

news.law August 4, 2026

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

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