Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

A man was convicted 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."

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4432x2955+0+0/resize/4432x2955!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fce%2F2e%2F186963154293beef1e50dd736bb6%2Fap26202823107887.jpg' alt='FILE - Hadi Matar walks in to the Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., May, 16, 2025.'/><p>A man was convicted 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."</p><p>(Image credit: Adrian Kraus)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-136257' />