Man Who Attacked Salman Rushdie Faces Terrorism Charges

In August 2022, a young man gripping a knife rushed onstage at an idyllic retreat in Western New York. His eyes were trained on the author Salman Rushdie.

The man, Hadi Matar, had been enraged by the work of Mr. Rushdie, who had long been a target of Islamic extremists. In 1989, the government of Iran called for Mr. Rushdie’s killing after he published “The Satanic Verses,” a novel that depicted a fictionalized version of the Prophet Muhammad, outraging many Muslims.