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Jurors won’t hear about fatwa in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial

The district attorney said jurors tasked with determining the fate of attacker Hadi Matar do not need to understand his motivation to attack Salman Rushdie.

The Associated Press on MSN · 14h

Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motive

Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act, a prosecutor said Friday.

devdiscourse · 12h

Jury Selection Challenges in Rushdie Attack Trial

Jurors for the trial regarding the attack on Salman Rushdie will undergo questioning to uncover any bias, while the prosecutor emphasizes the motive of a fatwa won't be the trial's focus. Concerns about prejudice against the accused,

Business Standard · 4h

Jurors in trial of Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motive

Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won't hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act, a prosecutor said Friday.

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Man Charged With Stabbing Salman Rushdie Rejects Plea Deal

Hadi Matar, the man charged in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie two years ago, rejected a plea deal that would have shortened his sentence in a state prison on Tuesday. Matar's lawyer, Nathaniel ...

The Post-Journal2y

Judge Won’t Issue ‘Global Protection Order’

On Friday, Hadi Matar was back in Chautauqua County Court. District Attorney Jason Schmidt had previously requested a protection order be in place for witnesses in the trial for Matar. That ...

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Salman Rushdie Attacker: ‘I Only Read Two Pages of His Book'

Hadi Matar is believed to be a devout Shitte Muslim whose decision to stab the writer in an attempt to kill him was motivated by the 1989 fatwa (Islamic religious decree) issued by the former ...

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Hadi Matar

Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage at an educational retreat near Lake Erie. On Friday ...

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Salman Rushdie’s memoir of his attack is among 12 books up for a top nonfiction prize

A New Jersey man, Hadi Matar, is awaiting trial. Other semi-finalists for the nonfiction prize include Australia’s Richard Flanagan and U.S. writers Gary J. Bass and Viet Thanh Nguyen.

BBC2y

Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect charged with attempted murder

Hadi Matar has been remanded in custody without bail after pleading not guilty, said the prosecutor in Chautauqua County, New York State. Mr Matar is accused of running onto the stage and ...

National Review2y

Author Salman Rushdie on Ventilator after Stabbing Attack in New York

Police arrested Hadi Matar, 24, in connection with the attack on Friday. Matar, of New Jersey, had previously posted on social media in support of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Shia extremism ...

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Chautauqua Institution

By Laura Collins-Hughes Hadi Matar, de 24 años, era muy reservado. Un viaje a Oriente Medio en 2018 lo cambió. By Chelsia Rose Marcius, Tracey Tully and Ana Facio-Krajcer Hadi Matar ...

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