Pakistan condemns British knighthood for Rushdie
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Pakistan&#39;s parliament unanimously condemned Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie and asked for the title to be withdrawn to avoid offending Muslims.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Wednesday that Britain was &quot;sorry&quot; if people were upset over the award of a kinghthood to writer Salman Rushdie, but insisted it was given for his literary canon.
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Author Salman Rushdie has expressed horror at the Governmentâs response to a mini-riot by Sikhs which forced a controversial play to be abandoned.
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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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Salman Rushdie, whose British knighthood has led to worldwide protests from Muslims angered by his 1989 novel, "The Satanic Verses," is not commenting on the uproar, for now.
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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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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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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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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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Islamic hardliners planned protests across Pakistan Friday against Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahri condemns the UK for giving novelist Salman Rushdie a knighthood.
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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.
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A leading group of Pakistani Islamic scholars awarded its highest honour to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, saying it was in reaction to Britain&#39;s knighthood for Salman Rushdie.
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Iran steps up protests over award of knighthood to British author.
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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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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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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.