Hadi Matar is already serving a 25-year prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction in the 2022 attack. The federal conviction carries a potential life sentence.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50068612

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.

A message seeking comment was sent to Matar’s attorneys.

Matar, 28, is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction in the August 2022 attack on an amphitheater stage. The federal conviction carries a potential life sentence.

Rushdie, who was about to speak on writers’ safety, was slashed 15 times in front of a stunned audience. He was gravely wounded and lost the sight in his right eye.

  • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    7 hours ago

    Religious extremists suck, regardless of the religion. This isn’t exceptional of Islam, my guy. Christian extremists do shit just as bad all the time.

    • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      58·
      6 hours ago

      Religious extremists suck, regardless of the religion

      yes I know, all lives matter, thanks 🙄

      • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        6 hours ago

        Yeah, my comment trying to get you to acknowledge that you’re being islamophobic is the same as white people pretending that color blindness and ignorance are a sufficient substitute to bringing an end to systemic racism. Good take. Brain dead as fuck, but you sure did use words to reply. So, that’s something going for you. You’re still capable of human speech!