Rushdie slams Blair over play
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London - Salman Rushdie, the British novelist who faced a death sentence for writing The Satanic Verses, condemned the government for failing to protect a Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding to escape death threats, in comments published on
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LONDON, June 19 -- Pakistan formally complained to Britain Tuesday over the decision to grant a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie, whose 1988 book, "The Satanic Verses" resulted in death threats against him from Muslims who saw the novel as an attack on Islam.
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The government 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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Were the three failed car bombings in London and Glasgow meant to test the new British prime minister's mettle? Were they retaliation for Salman Rushdie's knighthood?
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A provincial assembly in Pakistan 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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British novelist Salman Rushdie has squared off against feminist icon Germaine Greer, labeling her support for a group of Bengali film protesters as "philistine, sanctimonious, and disgraceful."
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Muslim anger flared Thursday after Britain defended Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood, with fresh protests against the novelist and Pakistani traders offering a big reward for his beheading.
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Pakistan on Monday condemned Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie as an affront to Muslim sentiments, and a Cabinet minister said the honor provided a justification for suicide attacks.
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Anger mounted in the Muslim world Wednesday 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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Salman Rushdie has expressed his horror at the government&#39;s failure to criticise Sikh protesters who forced the closure of Behzti, the play which depicts rape and murder in a Sikh temple.
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Pakistan deplored on Monday Britain's decision to award a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world
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Tony Blair has hit back at criticism over a decision to drop a Saudi arms inquiry and of "cash for honours" allegations.
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Pakistan's National Assembly condemns Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has reacted to a barrage of criticism from politicians, analysts and national newspapers for considering a US request to deploy troops in Baghdad.
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TEHRAN -- Iran accused Britain yesterday of insulting Islamic values by knighting Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant against him.