What do we know about Salman Rushdie’s test sample

The process of a man who allegedly stabbed the famous British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie repeatedly in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye, began on Monday in New York.

Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old man from New Jersey, is against accusations of attempted murder and attack. He pleaded innocent.

The attack, which was filmed on the video, took place at the Historic Chautauqua Institute in Northwestern New York, where Rushdie had to give a lecture.

The process in the nearby Maville will be resolved by jurors who will be heard by several witnesses, including Sir Salman himself.

The 77 -year -old Sir Salman had to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institute in August 2022, where he would discuss how the United States was a safe haven for exile writers.

It was at this lecture a man, whom prosecutors claim to be Matar, ran on stage and attacked the Rushdie and interviewer.

Sir Salman was stabbed at least once in the neck and abdomen, authorities said. He also suffered liver damage.

The interviewer, who was with the author Henry Reese, received a minor injury to the head and was taken to a local hospital. Meanwhile, Sir Salman was transferred to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he underwent surgery and was placed on a fan.

The incident witnessed many of those present at the lecture. A video posted online shows the moment people escaped on stage immediately after the attack, and police said that a doctor in the audience had first aid to G -n Rushdie.

Police arrested Matar, who was 24 years old during the incident, shortly after.

For many years, the author was a target of threats to his life after publishing his novel “Satanic Poems” in 1988.

The surreal, the postmodern novel is inspired by the life of Muslim Prophet Mohammed. This provoked outrage among some Muslims who considered its content blasphemous and was banned in some countries.

The threats forced Sir Salman to hide for nine years, and he often traveled with a detail of security in fear of his life.

But in recent years, the 77-year-old author said he believed that threats against him had declined. Two weeks before the attack, he told a German magazine that he felt his life was “relatively normal”.

Matar, the suspect in the case, is from Fairview, New Jersey. He was born in the United States of parents who have emigrated from Lebanon.

During his arrest, police said they did not have a motive for the alleged attack.

Later, the suspect gave an interview from the New York Post prison, where he praised Ayatola Homeini, Iran’s supreme leader, who issued a fatwa – or a decree – calling for Sir Salman’s execution after the release of Satanic poems.

He did not say whether his alleged actions were influenced by Fatva.

Matar told the publication that he had read only a few pages of the novel. He added that he was inspired to go to Chautauqua after seeing a tweet announcing that Sir Salman would be visiting.

“I don’t think he’s a very good person,” said Matar. “He is someone who attacked Islam.”

Separate from the charges in the court of Chautauka County, Mr. Matar was accused by a federal court for providing substantial support to the belligerent group based in Lebanon Hezbollah, according to a charge of last July.

Hezbollah is appointed as a terrorist organization from the Western states, Israel, the Arab Gulf countries and the Arab League.

Matar was admitted that he was not guilty of the Cautau County County. At one point, his legal team unsuccessfully tried to move the trial to another district, claiming that he was at risk of unfair testing due to the lack of an Arab-American community in the area and publicity around the high profile case.

He remains in custody at the Chautau County County. If found guilty and in the attempted murder and attack, he faces a maximum of 32 years behind bars.

In the Islamic world, many Muslims reacted with the fury of the publication of the book and the threats of death against Sir Salman.

He was forced to hide, and the British government put him under the defense of the police. Iran quickly interrupted relations with the United Kingdom in protest.

A year after the release of the satanic poems, Ayatola Homeini called for the execution of the author. He offered an award of $ 3 million (£ 2.4 million) at Fatwa, which is a legal decree issued by an Islamic religious leader.

Dozens of people died in protests for the novel, while others – including the Japanese book translator – were killed after Fatva.

The award over Sir Salman’s head remains active, and although Iran’s government is distanted from the Homeini Decree, Quasi-Official Iranian Religious Foundation added another $ 500,000 to the 2012 award.

After the attack, Iran “categorically” denied any connection with the alleged perpetrator. Some Iranian media praised the attack and described Sir Salman as an apostate – someone who abandoned or denied his faith – in their reflection.

Sir Salman spent six weeks in hospital after the attack. He survived, but injuries led to liver damage, lost vision in one eye and a paralyzed arm caused by damage to the nerves of his hand.

Since then, he has released a memoir for an attack called a knife.

The author must testify in the process. Previously, he told the BBC Newshour that he was not sure if he wanted to face his alleged striker in court.

“There is one part of me that actually wants to go and stand on the court and look at it, and there is another part of me that just can’t worry,” he said.

In his memoir, the author is considering what he will say to his alleged striker.

“I find that I have very little to tell you,” he wrote. “Our life touched each other for a moment and then split. Mine improved from that day as yours worsened. You made a bad gambling and lost.”