Salman Rushdie attacker says “surprised” author survived
Salman Rushdie told the New York Post on a lecture stage the man charged with stabbing said that he was “surprised” to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. Hadi Matar, 24, told the tabloid that when I heard he survived, I was surprised, I guess, which said they held a video interview with the jailed suspect. He attacked their beliefs, the belief systems and he’s someone who attacked Islam.” Matar said that with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard he was not in contact. Through a tweet earlier this year, he also said that he had learned Rushdie would speak at the Chautauqua Institution’s literary series. Moreover, Matar told the paper that of Rushdie’s novel he had “read a couple pages”. Also, he said to the author that “I don’t like the person. However, I don’t think he’s a very good person”. “I don’t like him. I don’t like him very much.” By the 1989 edict or fatwa, the suspected assailant, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges, did no...