Hezbollah sympathizer, Hadi Matar, acting on a 1989 fatwa
issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, attempted to murder author Salman
Rushdie as he was about to give a lecture in upstate New York.
Is this an isolated incident or does it foretell danger for the West?
Who is Salman Rushdie? You will hear about his origins, his
accolades as an author, and the controversy his book, the Satanic
Verses, caused when it was published in 1988. For years, he lived
in fear because of the threats on his life. So, what is all the fuss
about? Does his book really disrespect the prophet Muhammad?
Who is Hadi Matar, 24, and why did he try to murder Rushdie?
Was it his radical Islamist beliefs, the reward money from the
fatwa, wanting to make his family proud or martyrdom? Though
he was born in America, his parents came from a part of
Lebanon that was a stronghold of the Iranian-backed terror group
Hezbollah. What significance is there in his stabbing Rushdie in
the neck? How do we know he’s a terrorist and not just some
disgruntled reader who didn’t like the book?
Are fatwas just some quaint religious edict whose time has gone –
or is this attempted murder connected to the threats against other
significant people in the West – John Bolton, Mike Pompeo, an
Iranian dissident in Brooklyn, Donald Trump and even JK Rowling?
