Matar, 26, who lived in Fairview, New Jersey, has been held without bail since prosecutors said he stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times after rushing the stage at the Chautauqua Institution where the author was about to speak in August 2022.
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In a jailhouse interview with The New York Post, Matar said he disliked Rushdie and praised Khomeini.
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