Honor for Rushdie scratches Pakistan's scars
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Life could have turned out so differently for Salman Rushdie, if Pakistani police had let demonstrators 18 years ago reach the row of government buildings leading to Islamabad's diplomatic enclave.
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Pakistan's parliament has condemned the award of a British knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world, and said Britain should withdraw the honor.
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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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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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The memoirs of Pakistani President  Pervez Musharraf have reopened old wounds in neighboring India  and reinforced perceptions of the military ruler as a man who  cannot be trusted.
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"I am thrilled and humbled to receive this great honor, and am very grateful that my work has been recognized in this way"  Author Salman Rushdie, who was forced into hiding for a decade after the leader of Iran's revolution ordered his assassination, has been made knight, Buckingham Palace announced Saturday. via Arizona Republic
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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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A group of hardline Pakistani Muslim  clerics has bestowed a religious title on Osama bin Laden in  response to a British knighthood for the author Salman Rushdie.
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"Sir Salman's honor is richly deserved and the reasons for it are self-explanatory"  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.'This is an occasion for the (world's) 1.5 billion Muslims to look at the seriousness of this decision,' Mohammed Ijaz ul-Haq, religious affairs minister, said in parliament.'The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body, he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the 'sir' title,' ul-Haq said. Read more
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The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.
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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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Pakistan&#39;s parliament on Monday unanimously condemned Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie and asked for the title to be withdrawn to avoid offending Muslims.
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Pakistan has told Britain that Salman Rushdie's knighthood breaches a United Nations resolution aimed at calming tensions between different religions, The Observer has learnt.
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Author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Iran&#39;s leader ordered him killed, has assailed the government for allowing angry Sikh groups to force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.
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Musharraf's unpopularity is proving uncomfortable for allies near to polling day
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Supporters of Malaysia's hardline Islamic party protested outside the British embassy on Wednesday against the award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel the "Satanic Verses" outraged Muslims worldwide.
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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.