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NJ Man Convicted for Rushdie Plot | Dayton News
A federal jury convicted New Jersey man Hadi Matar, 28, of attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah for a planned assassination of author Salman Rushdie — a plot inspired by a fatwa issued after Rushdie’s 1988 novel sparked global outrage and a death bounty from Iran. Raised in the U.S., Matar spent over a year immersing himself in extremist ideology, meticulously planning the attack he hoped would make him a martyr. Though the attack never materialized — thanks to heroic intervention by bystanders and law enforcement — the case carried 52 charges, underscoring the grave threat…
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