Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, New Jersey, is charged with attempted murder and assault and could face a total of 32 years behind bars.

Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, New Jersey, is charged with attempted murder and assault and could face a total of 32 years behind bars.

The religious decree, like one issued against author Salman Rushdie, calls on Muslims to bring down the American and Israeli ...

Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, in which he allegedly stabbed Rushdie multiple times, blinding him in one eye, as the renowned writer was about to give a lecture ...

A top Iranian cleric has issued a fatwa against President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling ...

That fatwa remains in effect. On Aug. 12, 2022, Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed during a lecture in New York, resulting in the loss of sight in one eye and severe injuries; Hadi Matar was later ...

Iran’s then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared Rushdie’s novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ to be blasphemous. He ...