Day of Pakistan Rushdie protests
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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan hold a day of protests over the UK's decision to knight author Salman Rushdie.
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ABBOTABAD, PAKISTAN -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators joined the biggest rally yet against the president's suspension of Pakistan's chief justice, giving the jurist a joyous reception yesterday before he spoke to supporters in an opposition stronghold. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's convoy defied a new two-month ban on gatherings of more than five people. But police did not stop the judge's ...
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Protests erupted in Pakistan for a second day on Friday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and the violence was worst in her home province in the south.
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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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Pakistan summoned the British ambassador to the foreign ministry on Tuesday, officials from both sides said, amid mounting anger at the award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.
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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan plan protests over the knighthood UK gave to Salman Rushdie.
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Baton-wielding riot police clashed with thousands of lawyers during a nationwide day of action in Pakistan against the sacking of the country's top judge, witnesses said Monday.
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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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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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HARIPUR, Pakistan, June 2 -- Tens of thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in one of the strongest displays of opposition yet to President Pervez Musharraf, even as the government cracked down on the media in an attempt to control a burgeoning crisis.
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Legislators in Islamist-ruled northwest Pakistan Tuesday condemned Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to &quot;Satanic Verses&quot; author Salman Rushdie, amid mounting anger over the honour.
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Demonstrators staged noisy protests Monday as Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf held talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown, amid criticism over human rights and concern over elections.
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Britain defended on Wednesday its  decision to award a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie  after Muslims worldwide complained that honoring the author of  &quot;The Satanic Verses&quot; was offensive to Islam.
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British author Salman Rushdie no longer fears for his life because of the death threats issued against him by Islamic clerics in response to his book &quot;The Satanic Verses&quot; nearly 20 years ago, he has said in Portugal.
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Islamic hardliners in Pakistan burned an effigy of Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth as senators joined mounting calls for London to withdraw Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood.
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Controversy over a knighthood for author Salman Rushdie escalated into a full-blown diplomatic row as Iran and Pakistan summoned Britain&#39;s ambassadors to protest, drawing a retort from London.
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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.