Rushdie fatwa looms again amid new protests
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Angry Islamists protested against Britain&#39;s knighthood for Salman Rushdie Friday, as an Iranian cleric said the death sentence on the writer was still valid 18 years on.
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A new novel by Salman Rushdie, will be published on June 3 by Random House.
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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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A leading Indian Muslim group threatened to boycott a major conglomerate's products Thursday after its owners hosted author Salman Rushdie at their home in suburban Mumbai.
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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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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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Activists are calling for a vigil to draw attention to Saudi Arabian blogger Fouad Al-Farhan, imprisoned since December.
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Iran said on Sunday that a fatwa ordering the death of British writer Salman Rushdie issued by its revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini still stands after his knighthood by the queen.
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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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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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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.
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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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Security forces are on high alert as more protests are planned after last week's attack on a political rally in Dhaka.
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LONDON - Saudis opposed to the royal family will try again to stage illegal street protests on Friday, a day after blanket security precautions foiled attempts to gather in Riyadh and Jeddah, a London-based dissident said.
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Britain 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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A Pakistani minister who caused outrage by remarking that author Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood justified suicide attacks said Thursday that he is set to visit Britain next month.
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[World News]: London, Dec 26 : Author Salman Rushdie has said he was horrified by the British government&#39;s response to Sikh protests that forced a play in Birmingham to be cancelled.