Iran slams knighthood for Rushdie
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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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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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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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LONDON - Salman Rushdie, the author who spent years in hiding after Iran&#39;s leader Ayatollah Khomeini ordered him killed, lambasted Britain&#39;s government Sunday for allowing demonstrators to force the cancellation of a theatre play.
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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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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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Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri condemns the UK for giving novelist Salman Rushdie a knighthood.
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python, free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain's interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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Britain defended on Wednesday its  decision to award a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie  after Muslims worldwide complained that honoring the author of  &quot;The Satanic Verses&quot; was offensive to Islam.
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Pakistan's parliament renewed a call on Friday for Britain to withdraw a knighthood for author Salman Rushie and apologize for hurting Muslim feelings.
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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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IRANIAN President Mohammad Khatami has criticised an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution on its nuclear activities drawn up by Britain, France and Germany.
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A visit by Salman Rushdie to India has prompted an organization of Islamic clerics to call for a boycott of products from the major conglomerate owned by the family that was his host, The Associated Press reported.
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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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The assembly in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province says Salman Rushdie's knighthood is aimed at hurting Muslim feelings.
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Iran and Pakistan summon UK envoys to protest against the knighthood awarded to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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Muslim radicals burned an effigy of Queen Elizabeth Tuesday as Pakistan summoned the British ambassador over Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood and Iranian hardliners turned their fury on the monarch.