{"id":1605223,"date":"2022-08-14T07:32:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T11:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605223"},"modified":"2022-08-14T07:34:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T11:34:51","slug":"hardline-newspapers-in-iran-praise-salman-rushdies-attacker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hardline-newspapers-in-iran-praise-salman-rushdies-attacker\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardline Newspapers in Iran Praise Salman Rushdie\u2019s Attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhardline-newspapers-in-iran-praise-salman-rushdies-attacker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>As much of the world reacted with horror to the stabbing of novelist Salman Rushdie, hardline Iranian newspapers and ordinary Iranians celebrated the attack on the author who has lived under death threats since 1989.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSatan on the path to hell,\u201d the conservative newspaper Khorasan blared above a picture of Rushdie on a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA thousand bravos \u2026 to the brave and dutiful person who attacked the apostate and evil Salman Rushdie in New York,\u201d the hardline Kayhan newspaper, whose editor-in-chief is appointed by Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, wrote, adding, \u201cThe hand of the man who tore the neck of God\u2019s enemy must be kissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know Salman Rushdie, but I am happy to hear that he was attacked since he insulted Islam,\u201d said Reza Amiri, a 27-year-old deliveryman in Tehran. \u201cThis is the fate for anybody who insults sanctities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie, 75,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/12\/salman-rushdie-on-a-ventilator-likely-to-lose-an-eye-after-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is on a ventilator\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and unable to speak in a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he was flown by helicopter after he was stabbed as he was going onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY, about 55 miles south of Buffalo. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/CORRECTION_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption>A still image from video captures the scene after the attack in Chautauqua, New York on Aug. 12, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/who-is-salman-rushdie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British-Indian writer<\/a>\u00a0was the target of a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for his death in 1989 after the publication of the novel, \u201cThe Satanic Verses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book was inspired by the life of the prophet Mohammed and the title taken from a group of verses in the Koran that refer to three pagan goddesses. It outraged Muslims, who accused it of blasphemy and mocking their faith. Rushdie lived in hiding for years after the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the edict calling for his death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg\" alt=\"The front pages of the Iranian newspapers headlines Salman Rushdie&#039;s attack in Tehran on August 13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23447648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The front pages of the Iranian newspapers headlines Salman Rushdie\u2019s attack in Tehran on August 13, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"People scan publications at a news stand in Tehran following Salman Rushdie&#039;s attack on August 13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-23447683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Iran_US_Salman_Rushdie_Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>People scan publications at a news stand in Tehran following Salman Rushdie\u2019s attack on August 13, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After Khomeini\u2019s death, an Iranian religious foundation put a bounty on Rushdie\u2019s head that has grown to $3.3 million. In 2019, Twitter suspended current leader Khamenei\u2019s account over a tweet that said Khomeini\u2019s fatwa against Rushdie was \u201csolid and irrevocable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Asr Iran news site on Saturday carried an often cited quote by Khamenei that said the \u201carrow\u201d shot by Khomeini \u201cwill one day hit the target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was no official reaction yet in Iran to the attack on Rushdie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1.jpg\" alt=\"Local police and FBI block the area around the home of Hadi Matar on Morningside Avenue on Aug. 12, 2022, in Fairview, N.J.\" class=\"wp-image-23447696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie-Assault-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Local police and FBI block the area around the home of Hadi Matar on Morningside Avenue on Aug. 12, 2022, in Fairview, N.J.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Born in the U.S., Matar\u2019s family comes from the southern Lebanon village of Yaroun, which is just miles from the border with Israel, which has fired on what it says are positions of the Iran backed Hezbollah militia in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement has not stated a motive for the attack, but sources told The Post that Matar was sympathetic to the Iranian government.<\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday, Iranian state media pointed out that another man was killed while trying to carry out the fatwa. Lebanese national Mustafa Mahmoud Mazeh died when a book bomb he had prematurely exploded in a London hotel on Aug. 3, 1989, just over 33 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>While many in Iran cheered the attack, some were concerned that it would further damage Iran, where the economy continues to struggle under harsh sanctions and efforts to revive the tattered nuclear deal had yielded little progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel those who did it are trying to isolate Iran,\u201d said Mahshid Barati, a 39-year-old geography teacher. \u201cThis will negatively affect relations with many \u2014 even Russia and China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0With Post Wires<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As much of the world reacted with horror to the stabbing of novelist Salman Rushdie, hardline Iranian newspapers and ordinary Iranians celebrated the attack on the author who<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1605454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1605454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}