(AP): 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.” Rushdie, who was about to speak on writers’ safety, was slashed 15 times on an amphitheater stage in 2022. Prosecutors: Matar’s messages showed him zeroing in on RushdieMatar broached the fatwa with contacts in messaging apps in 2021 and 2022, according to exhibits shown in court. The messages showed Matar fuming that he felt Rushdie had attacked Islam and, by surviving, emboldened others to insult the faith. The messages showed Matar initially talked about wanting to “expose” Rushdie, then about taking his life.