Novelist Rushdie condemns Britain for not protecting Sikh playwright
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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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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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"Sir Salman's honor is richly deserved and the reasons for it are self-explanatory"  Pakistan on Monday condemned Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie as an affront to Muslim sentiments, and a Cabinet minister said the honor provided a justification for suicide attacks.'This is an occasion for the (world's) 1.5 billion Muslims to look at the seriousness of this decision,' Mohammed Ijaz ul-Haq, religious affairs minister, said in parliament.'The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body, he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the 'sir' title,' ul-Haq said. Read more
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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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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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Anger mounted in the Muslim world over Britain&#39;s knighthood for novelist Salman Rushdie, with protests spreading to Malaysia for the first time and fresh demonstrations in Pakistan.
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Iran and Pakistan summon UK envoys to protest against the knighthood awarded to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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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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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python,  free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain&#39;s  interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for  Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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Pakistan has told Britain that Salman Rushdie's knighthood breaches a United Nations resolution aimed at calming tensions between different religions, The Observer has learnt.
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Britain stands by its decision to honour author Salman Rushdie, despite protests by Pakistan and Iran, says John Reid.
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Legislators in Islamist-ruled northwest Pakistan 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 -- 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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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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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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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan hold a day of protests over the UK's decision to knight author Salman Rushdie.