May 12, 2023
The organization created to implement the Khomeini fatva calling for the murder of Salman Rushdie has announced it will give the American Arab who stabbed him last summer 1,000 square meters (1/4 acre) of farmland for his action. It isn’t clear what good that will do Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old knifer, who is sitting in a New York jail and likely to remain imprisoned for many years. Mohammad Esmail Zarei, the head of the organization, said Matar managed “to make Muslims happy” by blinding Rushdie in one eye and disabling one arm.
