Pakistan hardliners honor bin Laden in Rushdie row
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A group of hardline Pakistani Muslim clerics has bestowed a religious title on Osama bin Laden in response to a British knighthood for the author Salman Rushdie.
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Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding under threat of death after an Iranian fatwa, is knighted by the Queen.
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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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While some protest against the award of a knighthood to writer Salman Rushdie, others distance themselves from the calls for violent reprisals.
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 issued a new audiotape on Tuesday threatening to retaliate against Britain for having honored the novelist Salman Rushdie, a U.S.-based monitoring group said.
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Angry Islamists held the biggest protests yet against Britain&#39;s knighthood for Salman Rushdie Friday, as an Iranian cleric said the death sentence on the novelist 18 years ago was still valid.
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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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Pakistan demanded on Monday that Britain withdraw a knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, as a government minister said the honour gave a justification for suicide attacks by Muslims.
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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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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 Britain&#39;s Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday.
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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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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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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has labelled author Salman Rushdie an apostate whose killing would be authorised by Islam, according to message carried by Iranian media.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - A call from Osama bin Laden for holy war against Pakistan's president and army found resonance on Friday among some in Pakistan's conservative northwest,  but others rejected the cry for jihad as interference.
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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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Britain said on Wednesday the award of a  state honor to author Salman Rushdie was based on literary  merit and was not meant to offend Muslims.
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A group of hardline Pakistani Muslim clerics said on Thursday they had bestowed a religious title on Osama bin Laden in response to a British knighthood for author Salman Rushdie.