An Islamist who attempted to stab Sir Salman Rushdie to death on stage has been convicted of of all-new string of terror offences. Hadi Matar, 28, stabbed the award-winning author over a dozen times in 2022 as he was about to deliver a lecture in upstate New York, leaving him blind in one eye and his left hand paralysed.The Islamist was already serving 25 years in prison for attempted murder, but a New York federal court convicted him of providing assistance to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah on Wednesday. Matar was inspired to carry out the stabbing following an Islamic fatwa issued by the Iranian Supreme Leader in 1989 after Sir Salman published controversial novel The Satanic Verses, prosecutors argued. TRENDING Stories Videos Your...
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