Hadi Matar

‘He attacked Islam’: Salman Rushdie's attacker pleads NOT guilty of attempt to murder, assault

The accused, Hadi Matar has denied charges against him after prosecutors said a grand jury had indicted him this week.

Aug 19, 2022, 06:32 AM IST

Salman Rushdie's attacker Hadi Matar DENIES any link to Iran, says 'I acted...'

Hadi Matar did not respond on whether he was inspired by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who had issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death in 1989 after “The Satanic Verses” was published.

Aug 18, 2022, 16:39 PM IST

'I was surprised when I heard that he had SURVIVED...', Attacker of Salman Rushdie makes SHOCKING revelations

Salman Rushdie: On August 12, Rushdie, the author of 'The Satanic Verses', was brutally attacked at a ceremony in Chautauqua, New York. He has received death threats several times because of this book and he is also on the hit list of Al Qaeda. 

Aug 18, 2022, 11:30 AM IST

Was Salman Rushdie's attacker influenced by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps?

Hadi Matar, suspected Salman Rushdie's stabber was reportedly sympathetic to "Shia extremism" and the causes of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Aug 13, 2022, 11:19 AM IST