The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie is a 24-year-old born to Lebanese parents who reportedly became radicalized and withdrawn after a month-long trip to the Middle East in 2018.
Iranian sympathizer Hadi Matar, 24, accused of trying to murder Sir Salman Rushdie kept his warped fanaticism a secret from his closest friends and family. The family lived in New Jersey.
President Biden should consider the assault to be a metaphor for the dangers inherent in the West’s falling prey to the deadly machine that emboldened the terrorist from New Jersey. But he didn’t even dare to mention the “fatwa” or terrorism in his public statement.
Rishi Sunak warned attempts to revive the international Iran nuclear deal may have reached a dead end following stabbing of 75-year-old Sir Salman Rushdie.