Hadi Matar is already serving a 25-year prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction in the 2022 attack. The federal conviction carries a potential life sentence.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50068612

A man was convicted Wednesday 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.”

A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.

A message seeking comment was sent to Matar’s attorneys.

Matar, 28, is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction in the August 2022 attack on an amphitheater stage. The federal conviction carries a potential life sentence.

Rushdie, who was about to speak on writers’ safety, was slashed 15 times in front of a stunned audience. He was gravely wounded and lost the sight in his right eye.

  • ikt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    lemmy: institutes blasphemy rule straight out of 1600’s medieval europe

    you: well you see it’s important we don’t offend anyone, i am very smart 🤓

    if this is worse than reddit, why am i here?

    anyway enjoy your overtly white sterile monoculture

    • chuckleslord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      God isn’t real, it’s just a story made up by humans who didn’t know how the world worked and took a stab in the dark at the cause. It is voluntarily believed by billions of people on earth because of countless of different reasons. Some of those are worthy of scorn and derision; mad men using religion to control those around them, those who use their religion to bolster their hatred and bigotry. But for every one of those, there are many more people who use their religion to love and build community, support those in need, and generally share the love.

      There, this comment is blasphemous but in a that’s way inoffensive towards any one people or religion. I’ll report myself and you’ll see if your interesting interpretation is true, or if the rule is about stopping bigotry.