Iran condemns British title for author Rushdie
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Iran accused Britain on Sunday of insulting Islam by awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
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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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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.
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Salman Rushdie, the 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.
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has labelled author Salman Rushdie an apostate whose killing would be authorised by Islam, according to message carried by Iranian media.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns US accusations that Tehran is fomenting violence in Iraq.
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LONDON -- Britain defended yester day its decision to award knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie after Muslims worldwide contended that honoring the author of "The Satanic Verses" was offensive to Islam.
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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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Islamic hardliners planned protests across Pakistan against Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards said Salman Rushdie still faced eventual execution, 16 years after revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini imposed a death sentence on the British novelist.
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EDINBURGH -- Al Qaeda's deputy leader threatened a jittery Britain yesterday with more attacks, accusing London of defying the Islamic world by honoring novelist Salman Rushdie.
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Muslim Council of Britain says author's knighthood will be seen as final insult from Tony Blair.
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Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, is knighted by the Queen.
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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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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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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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Al-Qaida's deputy leader threatened a jittery Britain on Tuesday with more attacks, accusing London of defying the Islamic world by honoring novelist Salman Rushdie.