Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the paper. “He is someone who attacked Islam. It attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.”
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Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person,” but did not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after his publication author of “The Satanic Verses”. Story continues below ad Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar, who lives in Fairview, New Jersey, said he had no contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He told the Post that he had only read “a few pages” of “The Satanic Verses.” Rushdie, 75, suffered liver damage and severed nerves in an arm and eye, according to his agent, in the attack on Friday. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said his condition has improved and he is on the road to recovery. 1:56 Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Matar, who is charged with attempted murder and assault, told the Post he took a bus to Buffalo the day before the attack and then took a Lyft to Chautauqua, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. He bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation, then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. Story continues below ad Matar was born in the US but has dual citizenship in Lebanon, where his parents were born. His mother told reporters in interviews that Matar returned changed from a visit to see his father in Lebanon in 2018. After that, he became moody and withdrawn from his family, she said. © 2022 The Canadian Press
title: “Salman Rushdie S Attacker Surprised To Learn Writer Survived Stabbing National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-21” author: “Gilberto Johnson”
Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the paper. “He is someone who attacked Islam. It attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.”
Read more: Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’, 2 days after NY attack: agent
Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person,” but did not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after his publication author of “The Satanic Verses”. Story continues below ad Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar, who lives in Fairview, New Jersey, said he had no contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He told the Post that he had only read “a few pages” of “The Satanic Verses.” Rushdie, 75, suffered liver damage and severed nerves in an arm and eye, according to his agent, in the attack on Friday. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said his condition has improved and he is on the road to recovery. 1:56 Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Matar, who is charged with attempted murder and assault, told the Post he took a bus to Buffalo the day before the attack and then took a Lyft to Chautauqua, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. He bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation, then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. Story continues below ad Matar was born in the US but has dual citizenship in Lebanon, where his parents were born. His mother told reporters in interviews that Matar returned changed from a visit to see his father in Lebanon in 2018. After that, he became moody and withdrawn from his family, she said. © 2022 The Canadian Press
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Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the paper. “He is someone who attacked Islam. It attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.”
Read more: Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’, 2 days after NY attack: agent
Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person,” but did not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after his publication author of “The Satanic Verses”. Story continues below ad Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar, who lives in Fairview, New Jersey, said he had no contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He told the Post that he had only read “a few pages” of “The Satanic Verses.” Rushdie, 75, suffered liver damage and severed nerves in an arm and eye, according to his agent, in the attack on Friday. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said his condition has improved and he is on the road to recovery. 1:56 Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Matar, who is charged with attempted murder and assault, told the Post he took a bus to Buffalo the day before the attack and then took a Lyft to Chautauqua, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. He bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation, then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. Story continues below ad Matar was born in the US but has dual citizenship in Lebanon, where his parents were born. His mother told reporters in interviews that Matar returned changed from a visit to see his father in Lebanon in 2018. After that, he became moody and withdrawn from his family, she said. © 2022 The Canadian Press
title: “Salman Rushdie S Attacker Surprised To Learn Writer Survived Stabbing National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-30” author: “Susan Crane”
Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the paper. “He is someone who attacked Islam. It attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.”
Read more: Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’, 2 days after NY attack: agent
Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person,” but did not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after his publication author of “The Satanic Verses”. Story continues below ad Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar, who lives in Fairview, New Jersey, said he had no contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He told the Post that he had only read “a few pages” of “The Satanic Verses.” Rushdie, 75, suffered liver damage and severed nerves in an arm and eye, according to his agent, in the attack on Friday. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said his condition has improved and he is on the road to recovery. 1:56 Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Matar, who is charged with attempted murder and assault, told the Post he took a bus to Buffalo the day before the attack and then took a Lyft to Chautauqua, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. He bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation, then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. Story continues below ad Matar was born in the US but has dual citizenship in Lebanon, where his parents were born. His mother told reporters in interviews that Matar returned changed from a visit to see his father in Lebanon in 2018. After that, he became moody and withdrawn from his family, she said. © 2022 The Canadian Press
title: “Salman Rushdie S Attacker Surprised To Learn Writer Survived Stabbing National Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-28” author: “Mike Gutierrez”
Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Hadi Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the paper. “He is someone who attacked Islam. It attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.”
Read more: Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’, 2 days after NY attack: agent
Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person,” but did not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after his publication author of “The Satanic Verses”. Story continues below ad Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar, who lives in Fairview, New Jersey, said he had no contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. He told the Post that he had only read “a few pages” of “The Satanic Verses.” Rushdie, 75, suffered liver damage and severed nerves in an arm and eye, according to his agent, in the attack on Friday. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said his condition has improved and he is on the road to recovery. 1:56 Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, author remains on hospital ventilator Matar, who is charged with attempted murder and assault, told the Post he took a bus to Buffalo the day before the attack and then took a Lyft to Chautauqua, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) away. He bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation, then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. Story continues below ad Matar was born in the US but has dual citizenship in Lebanon, where his parents were born. His mother told reporters in interviews that Matar returned changed from a visit to see his father in Lebanon in 2018. After that, he became moody and withdrawn from his family, she said. © 2022 The Canadian Press