Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect Reportedly Describes Author As Someone Who Attacked Islam

Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, NJ, is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. Matar was arrested on August 12 after allegedly storming the stage at the Chautauqua Foundation, stabbing Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd. The original charges were filed the next day, when Matar’s court-appointed attorney entered a “not guilty” plea on his behalf. The prosecutor’s office did not immediately announce the new charges.

The suspect was reportedly taken by surprise, Rushdie survived

Matar reportedly said in an interview published Wednesday that he was surprised to learn the acclaimed author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. WATCHES | Refugee lawyer on how they felt attacked by Iranian Canadians:

“This was seen as an attack on freedom,” says the refugee lawyer

Ram Joubin, president of the Alliance of Iranian Canadians, talks about how many Iranian Canadians felt after Friday’s near-fatal attack on author Salman Rushdie. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the newspaper. “He’s someone who attacked Islam. He attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.” Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person” but would not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after the publication by the author Satanic Verses. Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar 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. 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 for the 65-mile trip from there to Chautauqua. He reportedly bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation and then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. 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. LISTEN | The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later: Front Burner29:03 The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later Author Salman Rushdie is still recovering in hospital after a savage attack at a literary event last Friday. A young man rushed the scene and stabbed Rushdie nearly a dozen times, leaving him with injuries so severe he may lose an eye. Although Rushdie himself has never been attacked before, this is not the first attempt on his life. He has been the target of death threats since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. The fatwa was about Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, parts of which some Muslims consider blasphemous. The uproar over the book led to massive protests in many countries, pushed Rushdie into hiding for nearly a decade, and led to the deaths of several people around the world. In England, where Rushdie was based, many people believe he also changed UK society — particularly relations between British Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, we look at The Satanic Verses case and its long-term implications with BBC journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar. He has made a documentary about it, The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, and a podcast, Fatwa. We will also hear from renowned British novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi, who is a long-time friend of Rushdie.

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Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, NJ, is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. Matar was arrested on August 12 after allegedly storming the stage at the Chautauqua Foundation, stabbing Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd. The original charges were filed the next day, when Matar’s court-appointed attorney entered a “not guilty” plea on his behalf. The prosecutor’s office did not immediately announce the new charges.

The suspect was reportedly taken by surprise, Rushdie survived

Matar reportedly said in an interview published Wednesday that he was surprised to learn the acclaimed author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. WATCHES | Refugee lawyer on how they felt attacked by Iranian Canadians:

“This was seen as an attack on freedom,” says the refugee lawyer

Ram Joubin, president of the Alliance of Iranian Canadians, talks about how many Iranian Canadians felt after Friday’s near-fatal attack on author Salman Rushdie. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the newspaper. “He’s someone who attacked Islam. He attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.” Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person” but would not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after the publication by the author Satanic Verses. Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar 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. 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 for the 65-mile trip from there to Chautauqua. He reportedly bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation and then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. 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. LISTEN | The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later: Front Burner29:03 The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later Author Salman Rushdie is still recovering in hospital after a savage attack at a literary event last Friday. A young man rushed the scene and stabbed Rushdie nearly a dozen times, leaving him with injuries so severe he may lose an eye. Although Rushdie himself has never been attacked before, this is not the first attempt on his life. He has been the target of death threats since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. The fatwa was about Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, parts of which some Muslims consider blasphemous. The uproar over the book led to massive protests in many countries, pushed Rushdie into hiding for nearly a decade, and led to the deaths of several people around the world. In England, where Rushdie was based, many people believe he also changed UK society — particularly relations between British Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, we look at The Satanic Verses case and its long-term implications with BBC journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar. He has made a documentary about it, The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, and a podcast, Fatwa. We will also hear from renowned British novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi, who is a long-time friend of Rushdie.

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Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, NJ, is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. Matar was arrested on August 12 after allegedly storming the stage at the Chautauqua Foundation, stabbing Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd. The original charges were filed the next day, when Matar’s court-appointed attorney entered a “not guilty” plea on his behalf. The prosecutor’s office did not immediately announce the new charges.

The suspect was reportedly taken by surprise, Rushdie survived

Matar reportedly said in an interview published Wednesday that he was surprised to learn the acclaimed author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. WATCHES | Refugee lawyer on how they felt attacked by Iranian Canadians:

“This was seen as an attack on freedom,” says the refugee lawyer

Ram Joubin, president of the Alliance of Iranian Canadians, talks about how many Iranian Canadians felt after Friday’s near-fatal attack on author Salman Rushdie. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the newspaper. “He’s someone who attacked Islam. He attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.” Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person” but would not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after the publication by the author Satanic Verses. Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar 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. 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 for the 65-mile trip from there to Chautauqua. He reportedly bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation and then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. 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. LISTEN | The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later: Front Burner29:03 The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later Author Salman Rushdie is still recovering in hospital after a savage attack at a literary event last Friday. A young man rushed the scene and stabbed Rushdie nearly a dozen times, leaving him with injuries so severe he may lose an eye. Although Rushdie himself has never been attacked before, this is not the first attempt on his life. He has been the target of death threats since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. The fatwa was about Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, parts of which some Muslims consider blasphemous. The uproar over the book led to massive protests in many countries, pushed Rushdie into hiding for nearly a decade, and led to the deaths of several people around the world. In England, where Rushdie was based, many people believe he also changed UK society — particularly relations between British Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, we look at The Satanic Verses case and its long-term implications with BBC journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar. He has made a documentary about it, The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, and a podcast, Fatwa. We will also hear from renowned British novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi, who is a long-time friend of Rushdie.

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Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, NJ, is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. Matar was arrested on August 12 after allegedly storming the stage at the Chautauqua Foundation, stabbing Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd. The original charges were filed the next day, when Matar’s court-appointed attorney entered a “not guilty” plea on his behalf. The prosecutor’s office did not immediately announce the new charges.

The suspect was reportedly taken by surprise, Rushdie survived

Matar reportedly said in an interview published Wednesday that he was surprised to learn the acclaimed author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. WATCHES | Refugee lawyer on how they felt attacked by Iranian Canadians:

“This was seen as an attack on freedom,” says the refugee lawyer

Ram Joubin, president of the Alliance of Iranian Canadians, talks about how many Iranian Canadians felt after Friday’s near-fatal attack on author Salman Rushdie. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the newspaper. “He’s someone who attacked Islam. He attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.” Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person” but would not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after the publication by the author Satanic Verses. Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar 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. 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 for the 65-mile trip from there to Chautauqua. He reportedly bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation and then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. 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. LISTEN | The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later: Front Burner29:03 The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later Author Salman Rushdie is still recovering in hospital after a savage attack at a literary event last Friday. A young man rushed the scene and stabbed Rushdie nearly a dozen times, leaving him with injuries so severe he may lose an eye. Although Rushdie himself has never been attacked before, this is not the first attempt on his life. He has been the target of death threats since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. The fatwa was about Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, parts of which some Muslims consider blasphemous. The uproar over the book led to massive protests in many countries, pushed Rushdie into hiding for nearly a decade, and led to the deaths of several people around the world. In England, where Rushdie was based, many people believe he also changed UK society — particularly relations between British Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, we look at The Satanic Verses case and its long-term implications with BBC journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar. He has made a documentary about it, The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, and a podcast, Fatwa. We will also hear from renowned British novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi, who is a long-time friend of Rushdie.

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Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, NJ, is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. Matar was arrested on August 12 after allegedly storming the stage at the Chautauqua Foundation, stabbing Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd. The original charges were filed the next day, when Matar’s court-appointed attorney entered a “not guilty” plea on his behalf. The prosecutor’s office did not immediately announce the new charges.

The suspect was reportedly taken by surprise, Rushdie survived

Matar reportedly said in an interview published Wednesday that he was surprised to learn the acclaimed author had survived the attack. Speaking to the New York Post from prison, Matar said he decided to see Rushdie at the Chautauqua Foundation after seeing a tweet last winter about the writer’s scheduled appearance. WATCHES | Refugee lawyer on how they felt attacked by Iranian Canadians:

“This was seen as an attack on freedom,” says the refugee lawyer

Ram Joubin, president of the Alliance of Iranian Canadians, talks about how many Iranian Canadians felt after Friday’s near-fatal attack on author Salman Rushdie. “I don’t like the person. I don’t think he’s a very good person,” Matar told the newspaper. “He’s someone who attacked Islam. He attacked their beliefs, their belief systems.” Matar, 24, said he considered the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini “a great person” but would not say whether he was following a fatwa, or edict, issued by Khomeini in Iran in 1989 calling for Rushdie’s death after the publication by the author Satanic Verses. Iran denied involvement in the attack. Matar 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. 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 for the 65-mile trip from there to Chautauqua. He reportedly bought a pass to the grounds of the Chautauqua Foundation and then slept on the lawn the night before Rushdie’s scheduled speech. 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. LISTEN | The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later: Front Burner29:03 The fatwa on Salman Rushdie, 3 decades later Author Salman Rushdie is still recovering in hospital after a savage attack at a literary event last Friday. A young man rushed the scene and stabbed Rushdie nearly a dozen times, leaving him with injuries so severe he may lose an eye. Although Rushdie himself has never been attacked before, this is not the first attempt on his life. He has been the target of death threats since Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. The fatwa was about Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, parts of which some Muslims consider blasphemous. The uproar over the book led to massive protests in many countries, pushed Rushdie into hiding for nearly a decade, and led to the deaths of several people around the world. In England, where Rushdie was based, many people believe he also changed UK society — particularly relations between British Muslims and non-Muslims. Today, we look at The Satanic Verses case and its long-term implications with BBC journalist and filmmaker Mobeen Azhar. He has made a documentary about it, The Satanic Verses: 30 Years On, and a podcast, Fatwa. We will also hear from renowned British novelist and playwright Hanif Kureishi, who is a long-time friend of Rushdie.