Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.
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In this day and age, conservativism and religion, are the downfall of mankind. They have had centuries to get their shit together and have failed miserably.
Who were the jurors.. all white racists who couldn’t see the deep offence Rushdie caused Muslims with his disgraceful book. Islamophobic writer who wanted to create a name for himself by slagging of one of the Abrahamic religions he didn’t agree with because he is a loser.
Yet Israel gets away with it all the time, hunting down critics of its fascist regime, as do the Saudis butchering a journalist and now Trump incarcerating folk who he doesn’t like.
Court can drag on but they would have had to even wait to see how he healed from the injuries at least short-term to determine how severe the attack was, the motivations, there's a terrorism charge added so question of who charges him and how, etc. Likely extensive psych evals too.
But mostly, the (UK) justice system is slow and hence less effective.
Justice delayed means long spells on remand for people not found guilty, or who don't get a custodial sentence. With more people in prison, there's less reform (lower case r) and more recidivism.
Saw Rushdie speak once where he described how a Muslim who had once protested him for the Satanic Verses book later read it and told him in person, “after reading it, I don’t see what the big deal was”.
In 19th century Britain, almost every felony was a capital crime, murder, pick pocketing, forgery, counterfeiting, etc.
Didn't work. The crowds gathered to watch hangings were filled with pickpockets.
There is a reason fascism and religion love each other. People being free and fully self-expressed is the enemy of their design for control. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are the same things—control, conformity, and constriction.
It's weird how these religions espouse the idea of God's free will being a test of one's soul, only for their cultist followers to take that free will from us. Like, what is the point of forcing people not to sin? Definitely some low IQ behavior.
When I was growing up it was always said that this planet was cursed with two of the worst diseases known to human kind, nationalism and religion!! All wars are caused by one or the other!!
I feel quite lucky to live my life under the thumb of only one institution. My parents didn't make their love for me conditional on my acquiescence to a second authority.
It's a pretty good deal too, because my government provides me with things I need, whereas the church just takes and takes.
Did you miss my original sentence? I made myself perfectly clear. If you have a problem with it, perhaps you should look inward for answers. You lack compassion and kindness. You can’t lock away transgressions and expect transformation. Grow up.
I have no compassion for terrorists or murderers such as this.
He had no remorse for what he's done, why should he get a lenient sentence? He'd gladly do it again because his God says it's okay and so does a light sentence.
How light is compassionate in your view? 3 years? 5? 10? Give me a number?
And all in the name of the same Invisible God too. Thousands of years later, and here we are. Ironic for those of us that know a creator does exist. How and why is anecdotal experience at best. What you choose to call God is irrelevant, but stop killing people in his name. It’s wrong…period.
People like this are just using "God" as an excuse to perform actions they couldn't rationalize any other way. If they really believed their benevolent omnipotence was so benevolently omnipotent, they'd just leave these things to it. But all they really want is to justify violence.
Matar said: “Salman Rushdie wants to disrespect other people … He wants to be a bully, he wants to bully other people. I don’t agree with that.”
No. Matar with his knives & his attack on an unarmed man is the bully. Those who justify the fatwa are the bullies. Rushdie is a novelist, a storyteller.
Seems like terrorism charges could have been brought upon his assailant. He was definitely trying to intimidate a certain group of individuals engaged in protected speech.
God's pretty weak if he can't stand a book as dull as the Satanic Verses. If it weren't for Iran, Rushdie's work would have been no more than a bore to Lit Crit majors. Religious fundamentalists are the weakest believers in god since they need other people's belief for self-validation.
Sounds like those mask zealot cops who'd come over & beat you up if you were outside walking your dog without a mask, idea being, 'If you're not wearing yours, mine won't work!' But really, 'How dare you think for yourself! Same kind of people, too. They'll act that way on any excuse.
How many liberals in the US have supported Israel throughout it's backslide into fascism? Benny boy has dismantled the power of their supreme court, and has manufactured war and emergency to keep himself out of jail for years at this point. Tgey are ethnically cleansing gaza and the west bank- 1/2
Using this ass backwards logic we can say the EXACT same thing about right wingers and Christianity.
You claiming all of Islam is backsliding into fascism is like saying all Christians are rampant pedophiles because of all the Catholic priests. Or complete rubbish like Westboro.
With only 25 years as the maximum, the 2nd sentence of 7 years should have been designated as consecutive, not concurrent. If this terrorist isn't also convicted of federal terrorism charges, he'll be able to try killing someone again when freed at age 52 (or younger with "good behavior" time)
I really don't see the point in concurrent sentences. If someone receives multiple concurrent sentences, they're effectively only serving the longest one, and the others may as well not exist.
Middle Eastern mythology is just a trilogy that introduces new characters in each book. It's all nonsense and no one text is better than the other two. Religion has no place in this century.
This is the time when the Bible is proving most relevant.
New characters in each book. Well that's life when you are dealing with thousands of years of history covering hundreds of generations. Not just right up to date, but for at least 1,000 years into the future.
>> easily be proved reliable by verifiable sciences, history, right up to today and beyond. But of course you will never understand that if you don't learn to understand the single thread whi runs from Genesis to Revelation.
The Bible is reliable, there is not a single myth in it.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are the same thing, man made insanity to inspire human beings to be horrible to each other in the of name imaginary being.
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Justice delayed means long spells on remand for people not found guilty, or who don't get a custodial sentence. With more people in prison, there's less reform (lower case r) and more recidivism.
33 months is way too long.
Not sure that's long enough.
“You were the big deal with it!” replied Rushdie.
(paraphrasing it was a while ago)
Didn't work. The crowds gathered to watch hangings were filled with pickpockets.
than Salman, yet they don't vilify him.
It's a pretty good deal too, because my government provides me with things I need, whereas the church just takes and takes.
Being free and safe here, could not ask for anything more.🙂
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He had no remorse for what he's done, why should he get a lenient sentence? He'd gladly do it again because his God says it's okay and so does a light sentence.
How light is compassionate in your view? 3 years? 5? 10? Give me a number?
No. Matar with his knives & his attack on an unarmed man is the bully. Those who justify the fatwa are the bullies. Rushdie is a novelist, a storyteller.
"Many people are saying."
Do you even know about the actual content of the book
Meanwhile, Rushdie's book about this is highly recommended.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife:_Meditations_After_an_Attempted_Murder
Hmm
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=8646&crid=2DKWDAXJI4427&sprefix=8646%2Caps%2C242&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Sadly, some on the left only see political fascism, and are ignorant about religiously motivated political fascism.
However, our body politic is replete with liberals who break their backs condoning, excusing, and ultimately supporting fascism.
I’m calling out that BS.
You claiming all of Islam is backsliding into fascism is like saying all Christians are rampant pedophiles because of all the Catholic priests. Or complete rubbish like Westboro.
Still, many liberals provide cover for Israel, vehemently shutfown criticism of it, and ultimately, support it, as it descends further into fascism.
Many even cheer for the Houthis.
And too many even condone Iran, because they are financing Palestinian terrorists.
So...
If 2/110ish is a significant number, than ok I guess, you win. But to me, it seems like the numbers just arent on your side here.
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I'm not saying it's the system I would have designed, but there is a logic to it.
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Islam is Satanic!
Unfortunately, so is the vast majority of what lyingly calls itself "Christianity".
I am sure Jesus is eager to come at the head of the Angelic Army to destroy them at Armageddon!
This is the time when the Bible is proving most relevant.
New characters in each book. Well that's life when you are dealing with thousands of years of history covering hundreds of generations. Not just right up to date, but for at least 1,000 years into the future.
The Bible can >>
The Bible is reliable, there is not a single myth in it.
Full of incorrect information.
Learn a lot before taking again.