On Friday, the US court recognized 27-year-old Hadi Matar guilty of an attempt to murder British writer of Iranian origin Salman Rushdie. In 2022, the perpetrator invaded the stage at the Chautauqua Institute of New York, where the writer was to give his speech and hit him several times with a knife. According to AFP and Reuters reports, TASR reports this.
Hadi Matar “was found guilty in both cases” including attempted second -degree murder and second degree attack on Henry Rees – Co -founder of City of Asylum, which helps writers in exile. Rees with Rushdie on the day of the attack – August 12, 2022 – conducted an interview. The judgment is scheduled for 23 April and the attacker threatens up to 25 years of imprisonment, the court spokesman said.
Last week, Rushdie (77) testified to an attack in Mayville’s court in the west of New York. The striker Rushdie caused wounds into the eye, cheeks, neck, chest, torso and thigh. In addition to surgery, injuries required several months of convalescence.
Matar, which is of American-lean-leban origin, in court He declared that he did not feel guilty of bodily harm and murder attempt. He told the media in the past that although he read only two parties of Rushie’s novel Satanic verses, the author “attacked Islam” by the book.
Since the release of surrealistic postmodern satanic verses that have been inspired by the life of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, Rushdie has lived in concern for his safety for years.
Although in the Western world his book met with a positive response and received several prizes for it, Part of the Muslims considered her blasphemy and some Muslim states banned her straight away. In 1989, the then Iranian leader Ayatollah published a Fatva calling for the death of its author.
Rushdie then faced countless threats of death. He was forced to hide for nine years. He started to travel again only when Iran declared that it was no longer insist on the fulfillment of Fatva.
