Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man, was found guilty by a jury for attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie by stabbing him on stage, leading to a potential 25-year prison sentence. Matar, convicted of attempted murder and assault, believed Rushdie had “attacked Islam,” despite admitting to reading only two pages of The Satanic Verses. Rushdie, targeted by a 1989 fatwa, detailed his attack and lasting injuries in his memoir Knife, highlighting the ongoing debate between free speech and religious criticism.
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