Nothing could be plainer than that Hadi Matar was motivated by Khomeini’s fatwa. Are investigators trying to protect Old Joe Biden’s relentless quest to appease the Iranian regime?
“Salman Rushdie attack suspect: What investigators are saying,” by Josh Margolin, Nadine El-Bawab, and Aaron Katersky, ABC News, August 13, 2022:
Law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation into Salman Rushdie’s attack told ABC News that “a preliminary investigation into the suspected perpetrator’s probable social media presence indicates a likely adherence or sympathy towards Shi’a extremism and sympathies to the Iranian regime/Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”…
Law enforcement have identified Rushdie’s attacker as 24-year-old Hadi Matar of New Jersey. Matar is currently in New York State Police custody. Matar is charged with felony attempted second-degree murder and second-degree assault….
The suspect was born in California, sources told ABC News. On the suspect’s phone, investigators say they found photos of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of Iraq’s pro-Iranian militia movement, also killed by U.S. forces. Police recovered a fake New Jersey driver’s license, which appears to have used the suspect’s picture with the alias “Hassan Mughniyah,” a possible reference to Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, and Imad Mughniyeh, who was the group’s No. 2 official before being killed in 2008, sources said.
Detectives are now calling the attack an “apparent assassination attempt” by “an individual with strong indicators of ideological support for the Iranian regime.” They said the incident occurred during a period of “plot disruptions” apparently connected to the current state of U.S.-Iran tensions….
Investigators say they do not know, at this point, whether the Ayatollah’s prior call to assassinate Rushdie was a motivator. No Iranian official has commented on the attack yet….
BexarKat says
Having a background as a law enforcement administrator, I could understand their hesitance, Perhaps, if the suspect made a statement to that effect, the prosecution may allow the police to release that statement. However, that too is unlikely as the defense (the usual suspects at CAIR) will allege the police and prosecution prejudiced the case. A change of venue is unlikely as well since Rushdie is a well-known name in most circles. I think the police and prosecution are taking the proper route in this matter.
Michael Copeland says
“suspected … probable …. likely”.
No.
Blindingly obvious.
Roland says
The White House won’t ascribe this to the fatwa either. Why expect the NY State Police to tell this truth?
Andrew Blackadder says
None are so blind as those that cannot see..
Ex Sgt Brown says
Let us not forget the multi million dollar bounty offered to the person who kills Rushdie ….
PMK says
His parents came here from Lebanon. I assume they are Shia as well, which would explain his affinity for Iran. Obviously these ‘peaceful’ Muslims had no problem with their son being taught to commit violence in the name of Islam.
Westman says
I’m betting the parents are cousins and Hadi isn’t the brightest bulb in the house.
Hank says
Islamic doctrine and their adherents are a 5th column in any non-Muslim nation or civilization that imports it.
Rarely says
Possible he did it for the reward without any ideological basis or loyalty to Iran and its causes? Sure, why not?
Motive is not quite so clear…but it soon may become so.
somehistory says
FOX is reporting on the oberlin prof and his approval of the attack and they use **real** words.
“An Islamic studies academic dubbed the “Professor of Peace” at Oberlin College in Ohio endorsed the campaign to assassinate U.S. and British writer Salman Rushdie because the famous novelist depicted the Muslim prophet Muhammad irreverently.”
“Oberlin College’s ‘Professor of Peace’ endorsed fatwa to murder Salman Rushdie’
“According to law enforcement officials, Matar’s social media footprint showed that he was a fan of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. Matar was also sympathetic to radical Shia Islamism—the governing religion of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
When asked about the then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini’s fatwa and the “right to put a bounty on someone’s head,” according to a 1989 Reuters report, Iranian scholar and former diplomat Mohammad Jafar Mahallati responded: “I think all Islamic countries agree with Iran. All Islamic nations and countries agree with Iran that any blasphemous statement against sacred figures should be condemned.”
PMK says
Whether he knew about the fatwa or not is irrelevant. It was issued before Matar was even born. The Quran is all that matters to him. He didn’t need knowledge of a fatwa to justify murder.
Hank says
Sure, those Fatwas sure are effective, even if issued half way round the world, as dimwit politicians (and voters) keep importing (not repatriating) more and more Muslims into non-Muslim nations. Yes, I heard one dumb German politician repeating an old mantra that Muslims (hordes of illegal migrants) just need to be integrated into society. They never learn.
Pray Hard says
The cops are too stupid to have a clue about what motivated him. And, even if they had a clue, they’d be told by their overlords to not have a clue.