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Jury Convicts Man for Rushdie Attack Plot | San Antonio News
A New Jersey jury convicted 28-year-old Hadi Matar for attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, in connection with an attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie in August 2022. Matar, who spent over a year studying Hizbollah’s ideology and planning the attack, was inspired by Iran’s decades-long death threat against Rushdie, which began after Rushdie’s 1988 novel sparked global controversy. Though Matar’s plot failed — Rushdie survived thanks to quick intervention by bystanders and police — the conviction underscores how extremist…
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