The trial for Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie multiple times in 2022, is finally set to commence, starting with jury selection. Rushdie, who suffered serious injuries, including losing sight in one eye, is expected to testify. Matar, claiming to have acted alone with limited knowledge of Rushdie's work, faces charges including attempted murder. The trial follows a history of threats against Rushdie stemming from his controversial novel, "The Satanic Verses," which led to a fatwa in 1989 due to perceived blasphemy.
"I don't think he's a very good person. I don't like him. He's someone who attacked Islam, he attacked their beliefs, the belief systems."
"Rushdie spent years in hiding... a $3 million bounty on his head in 1989 over 'The Satanic Verses,' which Muslims believed disparaged the Prophet Mohammed."
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