Author Rushdie Angry After Sikh Play Scrapped
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British author Salman Rushdie, who went  into hiding for years after Iran's leader ordered him killed,  assailed Britain on Sunday for allowing angry Sikh groups to  force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.
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The directors of a British play depicting sexual abuse and murder in a Sikh temple reluctantly scrapped their production on Monday due to fears violent protests against it would escalate.
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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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Hundreds of figures from the British arts united Thursday to condemn the cancellation of a controversial Sikh play as an affront to freedom of expression.
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The author of a play that triggered violent protests by Sikhs in Birmingham has gone into hiding amid threats against her life, friends were quoted as saying.
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British author Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi, host of the television show "Top Chef," are getting divorced, just two weeks after he was awarded a British knighthood, his spokeswoman said on Monday.
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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Monday unanimously condemned Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie and asked for the title to be withdrawn to avoid offending Muslims.
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Iran on Saturday accused British leaders of &quot;Islamophobia&quot; for knighting Indian-born author Salman Rushdie, who was issued with a death fatwa by Iran&#39;s revolutionary leader 18 years ago.
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Author Salman Rushdie and his wife Padma Lakshmi, host of TV show "Top Chef," are getting divorced, his spokeswoman said on Monday, just two weeks after he was awarded a controversial knighthood.
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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 THEATRE which stepped in to stage a controversial play axed by another venue in case it sparked riots by Sikhs has pulled out of fronting the show.
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[World News]: London, Dec 25 : Leaders of the British Sikh community have appealed to protestors to withdraw death threats against Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, writer of the controversial Punjabi play &quot;Behzti&quot;.
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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan plan protests over the knighthood UK gave to 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.
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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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A play which led to violent protests among the Sikh community has its run cancelled by a city's theatre.
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Plans by the boss of a Birmingham theatre company to take on a play that has outraged Sikhs are dropped.