"He attacked Islam, he's not a good person."
Salman Rushdie
's assailant said this
in an exclusive New York Post interview from prison.
"I don't like that man, he attacked the beliefs of Muslims, their system of values", said Hadi Matar, saying "respect the ayatollah, I think he is a great person".
Salman Rushdie's assailant denied having been in contact with Iranian Pasdarans but admitted, in an exclusive interview with the New York Post, that he was "inspired" by the attack by watching the writer's YouTube video.
Salman Rushdie
's assailant
denied having been in contact with Iranian Pasdarans but admitted, in an exclusive interview with the New York Post, that he was "inspired" by the attack by watching the writer's YouTube video.
