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Hadi Matar, 26, from New Jersey was charged of terrorism in attempting to murder Salman Rushdie in New York in 2022. Hadi Matar committed an act of terrorism in the name of Hizballah, said the prosecution.
Salman Rushdie after the controversy over his 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses' was attacked in 2022 by a 26-year-old left the author blind in one eye.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Jul 25, 2024 12:36 IST
An attack on Salman Rushdie's life in 2022 by a 26-year-old left the author blind in one eye. The attacker, Hadi Matar, from New Jersey has now been charged of committing an act of terrorism in the name of Hizballah (Hezbollah), which has been designated a terrorist group by the US.
A fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie after the controversy over his 1988 novel 'The Satanic Verses'. The row was over the references to The Quran. In 1989, Iran's supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie.
Hadi Matar was acting on that fatwa when he plunged a knife into Rushdie in 2022. He wasn't even born when the novel was written or the fatwa issued.
The attacker has now been charged with trying to commit an act of terrorism in the name of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamic party and terrorist outfit funded by Iran, which is also a Shia-majority country.
Published By:
Girish Kumar Anshul
Published On:
Jul 25, 2024
