The Post doesn’t mention, of course, why he would want to kill Rushdie, or why he stabbed Rushdie in the neck. Joe Marino and Evan Simko-Bednarski likely don’t know, and if they did, they wouldn’t say. To do so would be “Islamophobic.”
“NJ man, Hadi Matar, with sympathies toward Iranian government ID’d as suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing,” by Joe Marino and Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Post, August 12, 2022:
A New Jersey man with sympathies toward the Iranian government was arrested and accused of stabbing famed novelist Salman Rushdie on Friday, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation.
Hadi Matar, 24, was arrested after he stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York and allegedly stabbed the author in the neck.
Sources told The Post that an initial investigation suggests Hadi is sympathetic to the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard….
somehistory says
his “sympathy” is with the fake ‘prophet’ and his false ‘god’ and a following of the evil commands in the unholy book of filthy lies.
peacelover says
+
bill says
Khomeini put one million $ on Rushdie’s head a long time back. Maybe he was hoping to collect but he will not get to spend it in prison.
janet says
Exactly!
Wellington says
Total loser.
Westman says
He thought this would be his big win. Feds should put him in Gitmo until he’s convicted, but they likely will be unable to find a motive and put him in some mental facility. There he can kill an innocent to get his non-existant virgins.
I’m unsure if Islam is the religion for manipulating stupid people or Islam makes people stupid. Both? It is a worthy competitor to communism for the number of human lives it has ruined.
Wellington says
I think “both,” Westman. As for ruination of lives, yes, Islam is a major competitor for first place in this regard—actually, most likely first place because it has lasted so long and, if I am not mistaken (as I was earlier today respecting Sura 8:12—and my apologies to mortimer should he be reading this), it has a “record” 270 million lives lost as opposed to the “mere” 150 million due to Communism/Marxism, and with Nazism coming in a distant third in this ignoble category with around 40-50 million.
James Lincoln says
Westman says,
“I’m unsure if Islam is the religion for manipulating stupid people or Islam makes people stupid. Both?”
Generations of inbreeding in many muslim majority countries:
1. Lowers the average IQ
2. Causes a propensity for violence
3. Helps to enable brainwashing.
So I would say “both”.
gravenimage says
I’d say both, Westman. Notable that the most common scenario in the West of men converting to Islam is among felons in prison–and not just felons in general, but *violent* felons. So men already proven violent and stupid are drawn to Islam.
And James, inbreeding sure as hell doesn’t help–although while inbreeding does seem to be a marker for lower IQ, the same is not necessarily the case with violence. But Islam certainly takes care of that…
James Lincoln says
gravenimage says,
“while inbreeding does seem to be a marker for lower IQ, the same is not necessarily the case with violence. But Islam certainly takes care of that…”
Certainly true that lower IQ – for reasons other than inbreeding – does not necessarily increase the risk of violent behavior.
Inbreeding, however, not only lowers IQ but also (as you know) is the cause of many horrific physical birth defects. And many muslim societies have a low acceptance of handicaps. There may be a link:
https://wentworthreport.com/2017/07/21/effects-of-centuries-of-extreme-inbreeding-among-muslims-low-iq-violence-and-terrorism/
gravenimage says
True, James. Yet Islam is also brutally intolerant of those with birth defects. A very bad combination.
Geoges says
The new generation are more danger than their ancestors the reason they was born in the west I mean with us
gravenimage says
Those born here and new immigrants seem to be of about equal danger to us–those born here are additionally impossible to deport.
somehistory says
they may find it easier to blend in until they are ready to murder someone. Pretense of assimilation. We know how much jw lindt helped the terrorists in afghanistan due to his knowledge of America and English. a mozlum born here, growing to adulthood, would have the same advantages as did lindt, who was a convert.
gravenimage says
True, Somehistory.
mortimer says
Wellington wrote: ‘Total loser’.
But Mohammed said that those who oppose the enemies of Mohammed are SUCCESSFUL!
“Verily, it is the party of Allah that will be successful.” (al Mujaadilah 58:22)
‘Successful’ Muslims are those who fight the enemies of Mohammed.
Sharia reiterates this passage and then approves it. ‘Muslims who make war on disbelievers are ‘SUCCESSFUL’ winners in Allah’s porno-paradise’ is the meaning.
Wellington says
Success by Muslim standards, mortimer, I would argue is failure by so many non-Muslim standards. It’s as though when treating with Islam one should look upon it as the equivalent of Bizarro World as found in the old Superman comic publications.
gravenimage says
Agreed–most Islamic goals are loser aims. This doesn’t mean that Muslims will not ‘achieve’ these ugly goals, though.
john smith says
I just wonder if the Iranian government will pay out any money to Hadi or his family, after all Khomeini did put out a three million dollar bounty on anyone who murdered Rushdie and it still stands.
Infidel says
Yeah, I’d like to see that as well. Also, will that be a hawala transaction?
gravenimage says
Not sure if the Iranian government itself will pay out–they made vague sounds a couple of decades ago that suggested they are no longer supporting this. But then a governmental-linked organization–I’d have to look of the name, now–actually upped the reward money if Rushdie was murdered. So I think, as is so often the case, that Iran wants it both ways.
The only good thing is that the Jihadist is in custody, so hopefully he will never be able to collect that reward. And while Salman Rushdie is in rough shape and may well lose an eye, it also looks as though there is a good chance that he will survive.
Pray Hard says
Yeah, right, it’s all about the “Iranian government”, huh? Cue “mental issues”.
Westman says
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/salman-rushdie-author-in-surgery-after-being-stabbed-in-new-york-%E2%80%93-live/ar-AA10Bgxp
Rushdie was severely wounded. His agent says he is likely to lose an eye, the nerves in one arm are severed and his liver was punctured.
Hope the Israelis put his name on the bombs the next time they are forced to stop Iran’s nuclear bomb development.
Infidel says
He is 75. I don’t expect him to do well after this attack
Westman says
I think we’re going to be surprised.
As you say, he is older and since Iran didn’t accept his apology and sent a murderer, I think he might begin writing and working against Iran with a vengeance. Hiding from these jerks for 9 years didn’t stop the fatwa, so he has no reason to be reasonable. I hope he can show the pen is mightier than the sword when used as a weapon.
James Lincoln says
Westman,
Thanks for the link, although the MSN article predictably states “have not yet found any indication of his motive”.
And interestingly, the attacker (and Iranian sympathizer) Hadi Matar is a 24-year-old. And the fatwa was given in 1989, 33 years ago.
Before the brainwashed attacker was even born.
gravenimage says
Yep. I know that Rushie spoke in recent years as though the threat from this Fatwa was a thing of the past–but the more I learned about Islam the more I realized how often these threats *never* end.
Ky' Zan' says
Was he Moslem?
gravenimage says
He has a Muslim name and is known to be sympathetic to the vicious Mullahs, so yes.
Infidel says
You’ll need to explain that to Rod
gravenimage says
Right, Infidel–he would no doubt call me a “racist” and a “bigot” for reaching this commonsense conclusion.
And of course it has now been confirmed that Hadi Matar *is* Muslim.
Wellington says
I think “both,” Westman. As for ruination of lives, yes, Islam is a major competitor for first place in this regard—actually, most likely first place because it has lasted so long and, if I am not mistaken (as I was earlier today respecting Sura 8:12—and my apologies to mortimer should he be reading this), it has a “record” 270 million lives lost as opposed to the “mere” 150 million due to Communism/Marxism, and with Nazism coming in a distant third in this ignoble category with around 40-50 million.
jtfatbody says
Pray Hard, are you da. Everyone that does this or wants to do this is clearly challenged. unfortunately a lot of them are in the M religion and I don’t mean Mormons.
jtfatbody says
OK Pray Hard, Maybe a little harsh, Just saw a picture of the suspect, clearly Harvard material
Eleanor says
This scum wasn’t even born when this happened back in the late 1980s — looking for his 15 minutes??
Westman says
$4 Million and 72 virgins?
gravenimage says
+1
ElderlyZionist says
How long has Hadi Matar been a ‘New Jersey man’? Where did he come from, and how did he get here?
Check Burry says
Sewage flows anywhere.
gravenimage says
Good question, EZ. Hadi Matar is a A British citizen of Indian origin who has been living in the US for the past 20 years–so, since he was in pre-school. He does not appear to have direct links to Iran, but he is known as a “Shia extremist”.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/5-facts-on-hadi-matar-who-stabbed-salman-rushdie-at-new-york-event-3250932
Pray Hard says
The “iranian government” has nothing to do with it. Islam has everything to do with it.
Melc says
As soon as I heard the news that Rushtie was stabbed in the neck I knew it was a crazed follower of Islam!!!!
gravenimage says
I knew it was a Muslim who attacked him even before I heard what part of the body the stabber was aiming at.
Ade Fegan says
Rushdie still getting it in the neck for something he wrote ages ago
Mirek says
Robert Spencer is right on the money!
Remarkable though, how lax or no security allowed the attack to take place, given who Rushdie was and with the fatwa still active. The “big girl” in yellow t-shirt wearing a “SECURITY” cap (photo) clearly wasn’t sufficient, bordering on negligence.🙃
Islamic fanatics are always on the prowl ready to murder.
gravenimage says
Rushdie has actually asked for lessened security in recent years, because he got so tired of being in hiding and having a full security detail. Moreover, I’ve seen footage of this auditorium, and there would be no way to have tight security in this venue. The stage runs almost the entire length of the auditorium at the front of the auditorium, and is only about waist-high. Then, the front row of seats is only a few feet away from the stage. Almost anyone could scramble onto that stage.
Then, Chautauqua doesn’t normally need a lot of security. A few overeager fans or a protester or two is usually the worst they face–and even these are pretty rare. Generally the audience at book readings is older and very civilized.
For instance, upcoming readings include those on reconnecting with the natural world, the concept of “Home” in America, and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Not generally terribly contentious subjects, even if some in the audience disagree with the author on a point or two…
dumbledoresarmy says
This was a public event. Rushdie was on stage, and speaking. NO doubt not only visual but also AUDIO of what took place will have been recorded, in full. Question: assuming that there is an audio recording of the attack – and I’d be very surprised if there weren’t – WHAT will the deniers do, if the audio plainly records the attacker howling “Allahu-akbar” as he punches and stabs a defenceless elderly man? At the very least: as and when this goes to court, Rushdie’s lawyers MUST demand that a complete audio record be played. PS: the first thing the investigators need to do is find out whether the attacker attended mosque earlier that day. If so, that mosque and everyone associated with it needs to be put through the wringer. Second: ANY mosque the attacker has attended or been attending, should be investigated.. and **surprise-searched** from top to bottom.
somehistory says
hello, ms, d. Haven’t seen you here in awhile.
gravenimage says
All important points, Dumbledore’s Army. I hope the police and the court do just that.
And so good to see you posting here again, albeit on a terrible occasion. Hope you are well.
Eleanor says
Any word from Biden as this is a classic example of his ‘hate’ crime rhetoric, the one where he says “there is no place for this in America?” Probably not, as the perp is not a white right wing extremist.
gravenimage says
Biden has said he’s “shocked and saddened”, but no indication that he has acknowledged that this attack was anything worse than something like a car accident, let alone a hate crime.
Andrew Blackadder says
The fatwa imposed on Rushie in the 1980s was NEVER lifted even after he apologized which to my mind he should not have done as it would not make any difference to these moronic follows of this Fascist Religious Cult of Satan.
Namer says
Rushdie’s attacker will very shortly be declared mentally ill and will not be jailed. To actively prosecute him would be Islamophobic after all.
Ibrahim Khaleel. says
He carries a Muslim name and never declared himself a Muslim. He was living a life as an atheist. What moral right does he have to abuse a religion that a large number of people all over the world profess and practice? No Muslim and no right-thinking people will ever support his heinous crime of hurting the sentiments of Muslims. He is a moral barbarian. He ought to have been arrested and tried instead of eliminated publicly.
PMK says
“hurtng the sentiments of Muslims” is a heinous crime? Get real!!
Someone hurts your feelings and you think that’s a justification for murder? You’re not very secure in your faith, are you?
What right do you as a Muslim have to demand that all of us submit to your god or die?
PRCS says
“hurtng the sentiments of Muslims” is a heinous crime?”
Well, yes, criticizing Islam does hurt Muslims’ feelings and may be a crime in nations governed in accordance with Islamic law.
But it is NOT a crime in the U.S.
Carrying out religious punishments which violate our secular, man-made laws IS a crime.
Politicians and so-called journalists seem loathe to state that.
somehistory says
You follow the demands of a fraud, you read a book of evil filth, you hate everyone, and your fellow mozlums kill for the thrill of blood flowing, and rape babies and call it *marriage.* You mozlums sell your daughters to old filthy males, and if they won’t go along with it, or they won’t keep their hair covered, you murder them and call it “honor killing.” there is no “honor” in islam, and therefore, none can be restored by murder or by any other means. You have no *right* to decide who is allowed to do anything.
mozlums worship a dead terrorist, a mass-murdering raper of children, filthy sack of maggot dung, lying sex-mad slave trading thief, son of satan the devil, and he may never even have existed.
You have no moral ground on which to stand to decide the fate of anyone. And no one here will agree with your stance. ..except for the few mozlums who come to troll.
Hoi Polloi says
So you’re effectively threatening the entire rest of the world with slaughter. How fully islamic.
If your feelings are hurt by denial of anything at all, by lack of full obeisance, by failure to bow down to your supremacy, death ensues. Yeah, that’s what we’ve all been saying.
Well, I’m offended by your religion’s blasphemy against Christianity. Are you all volunteering for your own death over that?
somehistory says
“If your feelings are hurt by denial of anything at all, by lack of full obeisance, by failure to bow down to your supremacy, death ensues. Yeah, that’s what we’ve all been saying.”
Good work, Hoi Polloi. the mozlum confirmed it. And we’ll keep saying it.
CogitoErgoSum says
The only problem is that for a Christian the penalty for blasphemy has already been paid through Christ’s death upon the cross. Therefore, we do not impose the death penalty for blasphemy and blasphemers may wait until Christ judges them and gives them the penalty they deserve. Yes, it is justice delayed but in the end they will receive justice. In my own opinion the only time the death penalty should be imposed by a Christian upon others is in cases of the accused being found guilty of murder – then the same measure of mercy shall be used for them as they used in measuring out mercy for others.
somehistory says
Yes, we Christians leave Judgment to God. We can “judge” the fruits produced, but any punishment for those fruits must come from God.
As you say, if murder is involved, then “life for life,” and as Paul told the Romans, “for this the government bears the sword.”
Only in personal defense or defense of another, would a Christian take direct action.
And criminals count on this from Christians, as do blasphemers; that we “wait on God.”
Hoi Polloi says
Agreed, but we see that we cannot count on islam to respect and respond in kind and I increasingly wonder if muslims will ever acknowledge, with their taqiyah that they respect Jesus, that in fact, their entire religion is based on blasphemy against Christianity. So I ask him if he’s willing to self impose their own death penalty. No, it’s always uni-directional and the claim that he only wants a trial is ludicrous because neither do we impose sharia, nor would they accept imprisonment in the place of death for Rushdie. It’s a crime committed by the US government that he’s managed to survive all these years only to be attacked in the US.
James Lincoln says
Ibrahim Khaleel. says,
“He ought to have been arrested and tried”
Salman Rushdie has broken no laws in the United States – so there is nothing to arrest him for.
Of course, islamic theocracies follow sharia law…
gravenimage says
The repulsive Ibrahim Khaleel wrote:
He carries a Muslim name and never declared himself a Muslim. He was living a life as an atheist. What moral right does he have to abuse a religion that a large number of people all over the world profess and practice? No Muslim and no right-thinking people will ever support his heinous crime of hurting the sentiments of Muslims. He is a moral barbarian. He ought to have been arrested and tried instead of eliminated publicly.
…………………………………….
Everyone has the right to criticize any creed, whether they were born into that creed or not and whether they continue to follow it or not is completely immaterial.
And it makes absolutely no difference how many people adhere to this creed. Besides, if Muslims like Ibrahim Khaleel *really* believed this they would not criticize Christianity and abuse Christians, who have millions of more followers than does Islam.
And pious Muslims *always* whine about someone “hurting their sentiments” while they are murderously attacking their victims–that they do not realize how grotesque this is is very telling.
It has hurt my sentiments that Muslims all over the world have viciously advocated murdering a peaceful man for merely noting something that Islamic texts themselves acknowledge–the “Satanic Verses”. But no one cares about that–pious Muslims always want to violently crush freedom of speech.
Then note his insistence that Salman Rushdie be arrested and tried–for exercising his freedom of speech in non-Muslim countries India, the UK, and the United States.
No, so sorry–civilized nations *do not* enforce barbaric Shari’ah law.
Then note–he actually has no criticism of his pious coreligionist trying to stab this peaceful man to death–just noting that if we enforced the savagery of Islam for Muslims that there would be no need for him to be “eliminated publicly”.
No, we are not going to murder civilized people on the say so of Muslim savages. It is not Rushdie who is a moral barbarian, but Hadi Matar, Ibrahim Khaleel, and the rest of their savage brethren.
Hoi Polloi says
Yes, GI, the ideology as illuminated in that short statement is grotesque and savage.
gravenimage says
+1
gravenimage says
Lots of great replies to the appalling Ibrahim Khaleel here.
jose valdemir da silva says
Mas o deus Alá do islã NÃO É o Deus Verdadeiro, Criador do Universo, YHVH/YAHVEH DEUS que tem seu Filho Unigênito, o Senhor Jesus, João 1:14.34. O deus Alá desta IDEOLOGIA de DEMÔNIOS que é o islã, é SATANÁS, alcorão 2:97 – 74:24.25.
gravenimage says
Salman Rushdie just came off his ventilator a couple of hours ago. Things are looking better for him.
Ex Sgt Brown says
He is a Muslim….check
His holy book the Quran say in 47.4 “Strike necks to inflict slaughter, to test you by means of others.” ..check
Muslims had issued a death fatwa,,,check
Muslims had placed huge bounty on Mr Rushdie….apparently he had written a book that clearly shows he knows more about Islam than he’s supposed to know…check
He was a devout Muslim and history shows that the more devout one becomes the more likely he will suffer from Sudden Jihad Syndrome…check
Muslims know there are no laws against carrying knives and no knife registration is required…check
He probably attends a mosque where radical Islam is preached…check….three independent polls have shown 90% of mosques teach radical Islam…check
He probably did not act alone, There are no “Lone Wolf” attacks by Muslims…from birth to death they are taught to obey the Quran as it has all that you need to know and it clearly states you must strike their neck…check
and people wonder why there is not one happy Muslim country….check