Britain says Rushdie honor not meant to offend
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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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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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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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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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The death sentence fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie by Iran&#39;s revolutionary leader 18 years ago is still valid and will remain so, a leading cleric said on Friday following Britain&#39;s knighting of the controversial author.
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Pakistan's National Assembly condemns Britain's award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie.
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Author Salman Rushdie said on Monday he was "thrilled and humbled" to be awarded a British knighthood but he had no comment on anger in Iran and Pakistan where his book "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims.
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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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Britain's knighthood to the author Salman Rushdie contributes to insulting Islam and may lead to terrorism, a Pakistani minister says.
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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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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.
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International Booker judges offer support to author Salman Rushdie as they honour this year's winner.
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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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Islamic hardliners planned protests across Pakistan Friday against Britain&#39;s award of a knighthood to novelist Salman Rushdie.
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The government insisted Wednesday it was right to knight Salman Rushdie for his literary career, adding it was &quot;sorry&quot; if it had caused distress, after protests spread in the Muslim world and a prominent cleric called for the novelist to be killed.
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Pakistani Islamic scholars honoured Osama bin Laden in response to Britain&#39;s knighthood for Salman Rushdie, as a senior ruling party member said he would not hesitate to kill the novelist.
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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.