Famous novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed on Friday while making a speech in public in Chautauqua, New York. He was 75. The guy who’s thought to have attacked him has been identified by officials as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old New Jersey resident who has been open about his support for the Iranian government.
As Salman Rushdie was getting ready to talk as a guest speaker on the Chautauqua Institute’s literary pageant, according to The Guardian, Matar jumped the stage and attacked him with what appeared to be a sharp weapon.
Since the publication of The Satanic Verses in 1988, Salman Rushdie has come under fire. Ayatollah Khomeini, who was Iran’s Supreme Leader at the time, expressed worry over a Fatwa (prohibition) against the author. Rushdie’s execution was demanded by the Fatwa. This was finished because the author’s writing was blasphemous.
Politico reports that the Iranian government is offering a $3 million reward for information leading to Salman Rushdie’s murder.
Hadi Matar
All there’s to know regarding the alleged attacker of Salman Rushdie
According to Newsweek, Hadi Matar was born in California but raised in Fairview, New Jersey. The guy attacked Salman Rushdie while in possession of a fake New Jersey driver’s license, according to The Associated Press.
Although the motives of Hadi Matar have not been confirmed by the New York authorities, his social media accounts suggested that he might have been driven by his alleged admiration for Shia extremism and initiatives connected to the Iranian government, such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a division of the Iranian Armed Forces established by Ayatollah Khomeini.
Authorities have concluded that Hadi Matar supported these causes, but they haven’t yet made a firm connection between him and the Iranian government. Salman Rusdhie was allegedly assaulted by a suspect who was wearing black clothing and military fatigues, which made onlookers believe the attack was intentional.
NBC New York published the most recent information regarding the severity of the assault and was aware that Rushdie was currently receiving ventilation. He suffers nerve damage in one arm and a damaged liver. There could be a possible problem with one of his eyes.
Salman Rushdie and the publication of the Satanic Verses have already been linked to acts of violence. According Muslim reports, the controversy surrounding the Fatwa was responsible for at least 45 killings, including the 1991 murder of Hitoshi Igarashi, a comparative literature assistant who had translated Rushdie’s book into Japanese.
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