Iran condemns British title for author Rushdie
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Iran condemned on Sunday the awarding of a knighthood to British author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
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Pakistan officially protested to Britain on Tuesday over a top award to Salman Rushdie that has sparked renewed anger among some Muslims over &quot;The Satanic Verses&quot; author.
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A provincial assembly in Pakistan says Salman Rushdie's knighthood is aimed at 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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London, Dec. 26 (PTI): Expressing his outrage at the British Government&#39;s failure to criticise the violent Sikh protests that led to the closure of a play in Birmingham, noted writer Salman Rushdie, has said
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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 Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday.
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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan plan protests over the knighthood UK gave to Salman Rushdie.
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Pakistan's National Assembly condemns Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.
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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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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Wednesday that Britain was &quot;sorry&quot; if people were upset over the award of a kinghthood to writer Salman Rushdie, but insisted it was given for his literary canon.
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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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An high-level Iranian cleric said Friday that the religious edict calling for the killing of Salman Rushdie cannot be revoked, and he warned Britain was defying the Islamic world by granting the author knighthood.
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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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Pakistani newspapers lashed out at Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood, with one saying the ideal revenge would be to make a film about the sex lives of the British royals.
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Muslim anger flared Thursday after Britain defended Salman Rushdie&#39;s knighthood, with fresh protests against the novelist and Pakistani traders offering a big reward for his beheading.
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Britain told Pakistan on Tuesday that it was deeply concerned by a Pakistani minister's statement that the knighthood honoring "Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie could justify suicide attacks.
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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