Muslims hold new protests against Rushdie knighthood
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Anger mounted in the Muslim world over Britain&#39;s knighthood for novelist Salman Rushdie, with protests spreading to Malaysia for the first time and fresh demonstrations in Pakistan.
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Britain's knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie contributes to insulting Islam and may lead to terrorism, a Pakistani minister says.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python, free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain's interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, on Tuesday threatened more attacks on Britain, two weeks after two failed bombings and criticized the country's decision to award author Salman Rushdie a knighthood.
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LONDON - Salman Rushdie, the author who spent years in hiding after Iran&#39;s leader Ayatollah Khomeini ordered him killed, lambasted Britain&#39;s government Sunday for allowing demonstrators to force the cancellation of a theatre play.
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Author Salman Rushdie said on Monday he was "thrilled and humbled" to be awarded a British knighthood but he had no comment on anger in Iran and Pakistan where his book "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims.
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Protests by Muslims continued today over excavation work near a religious compound in Jerusalemâs Old City, despite efforts by Israeli officials to calm tensions.
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While some protest against the award of a knighthood to writer Salman Rushdie, others distance themselves from the calls for violent reprisals.
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Muslim radicals burned an effigy of Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday as Pakistan summoned the British ambassador over Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood and Iranian hardliners turned their fury on the monarch.
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Britain insisted Wednesday it was right to knight Salman Rushdie for his literary career, adding it was &quot;sorry&quot; if it had caused distress, after protests spread in the Muslim world and a prominent cleric called for the novelist to be killed.
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AUTHOR SALMAN Rushdie has expressed outrage at the British government&#39;s refusal to criticise last week&#39;s protests by Sikhs against the staging of the play Behzti at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
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Author Salman Rushdie, issued with a fatwa by Iran&#39;s revolutionary leader 18 years ago, and former England cricketer Ian Botham were awarded knighthoods by Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday.
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The assembly in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province says Salman Rushdie's knighthood is aimed at hurting Muslim feelings.
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Islamic hardliners planned protests across Pakistan Friday against Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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Pakistani newspapers lashed out at Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood, with one saying the ideal revenge would be to make a film about the sex lives of the British royals.
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A leading Indian Muslim group threatened to boycott a major conglomerate's products Thursday after its owners hosted author Salman Rushdie at their home in suburban Mumbai.
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British author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Iran's leader ordered him killed, assailed Britain on Sunday for allowing angry Sikh groups to force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.