Hadi Matar

Explained: What are fatwas and how dangerous can they be?

Fatwa, a legal decree or opinion on a point of Islamic law or practice, is usually given by a high-ranking Islamic religious leader. It is not necessarily violent in nature, but the word's association with the edict against author Salman Rushdie has made it synonymous with a death warrant

Salman Rushdie attacker's mother hints at radicalisation, says Lebanon trip made her son increasingly hooked to Islam

The mother of Hadi Matar, the attacker of British novelist Salman Rushdie, has revealed that her son's trip to Lebanon in 2018 during which he met his estranged father changed him, making him more devout and less extroverted.

Salman Rushdie's attacker had contact with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, say reports

A Middle Eastern intelligence official said it was 'clear' prior to the stabbing that Hadi Matar had been in contact with 'people either directly involved with or adjacent to the Quds Force', the IRGC’s external militia

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An end to religiously inspired or justified violence the world over is a prerequisite for human peace, progress, and unity

Salman Rushdie attack: Why the world gives Islam such a long rope

Rushdie may lose an eye if he survives, but the rest of us cannot shut our eyes to the everyday barbarism called Islamist violence

Suspect in Salman Rushdie's stabbing showed sympathy to causes of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, says report

The New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown