The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie has been indicted by a grand jury. The suspect is expected at a 1 p.m. ET hearing.
The attorney for suspect Hadi Matar, 24, of New Jersey, did not elaborate on the charges because he had not yet seen the document. The prosecutor's office also would not comment further on charges. An arraignment in the county court is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, defense attorney Nathaniel Barone said.
A religious decree for Rushdie's deathRushdie had lived in hiding after "The Satanic Verses" was published. The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini described the book as an insult to Islam and the faith's Prophet Mohammed. He issued a religious decree, or fatwa, calling for Rushdie's death in 1989.How Iran exploited Rushdie's Satanic Verses In 1998, the Iranian government tried to distance itself from the fatwa by pledging not to seek to carry it out.
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