Rushdie's attacker convicted of terrorism in US court
A man has been convicted of terrorism in a US federal court over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, who had faced decades of death threats over his writing.
The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage in 2022, leaving him with severe injuries, has been convicted of terrorism in a US federal court. The attack cost Rushdie an eye and caused lasting nerve damage.
Rushdie had lived under decades of death threats over his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses," after Iran's religious leader issued a fatwa against him. The court ruled that the attack was carried out with an ideological motive targeting freedom of expression.
The conviction was welcomed by writers and free speech advocates worldwide as an important precedent. The case stands as a rare example of decades-old threats culminating in physical violence with clear legal consequences.
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