Al-Qaida threatens UK over Rushdie honour
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Ayman al-Zawahri promises retaliation for knighting of novelist, a US-based intelligence group reports.
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Pakistani lawmakers passed a government-backed resolution Monday demanding Britain withdraw the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, condemning the honor as an insult to the religious sentiments of Muslims.
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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan plan protests over the knighthood UK gave to Salman Rushdie.
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Government criticised by moderate Muslims for banning Yusuf al-Qaradawi from entering Britain
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Salman Rushdie, the novelist who faced a death sentence for writing The Satanic Verses, has condemned the British Government for failing to protect a Sikh playwright.
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LONDON, June 19 -- Pakistan formally complained to Britain Tuesday over the decision to grant a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie, whose 1988 book, "The Satanic Verses" resulted in death threats against him from Muslims who saw the novel as an attack on Islam.
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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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"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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Hundreds of protesters in the central Pakistani city of Multan chanted slogans against Britain accusing London of &quot;provoking&quot; Muslims by awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie.
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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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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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Britain has refused a visa to prominent Muslim cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, accusing him of justifying terrorism.
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Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri said on Tuesday the group is preparing a &quot;precise response&quot; to Britain&#39;s decision to bestow a knighthood on 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, 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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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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Iran's foreign ministry criticises Britain for giving a knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie.