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

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

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

NUDI further noted that this fatwa is similar to the 1989 edict against Salman Rushdie, issued by the Islamic Republic ... resulting in the loss of sight in one eye and severe injuries; Hadi Matar was ...

The New Jersey man, Hadi Matar, convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 has been sentenced to serve 25 years in prison Updated - May 17, 2025 10:10 am IST ...

The New Jersey man who tried to kill acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Hadi Matar was found guilty of attempted murder in the second degree in February ...

A New York court on Friday handed a 25-year sentence to Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man who stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie at a cultural event in New York in 2022. Matar, 27, was convicted ...

Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday for stabbing Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie during a 2022 talk in New York state. Matar, who was convicted of second degree attempted ...

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. ― The New Jersey man convicted of stabbing and nearly killing renowned author Salman Rushdie during a speaking engagement in 2022, was handed a maximum sentence Friday of 25 ...

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

The crazed fanatic who tried to stab Salman Rushdie to death on a New York lecture stage — blinding the author in one eye — was sentenced Friday to the maximum term of 25 years in prison. Hadi ...