Novelist Rushdie condemns gov't for not protecting Sikh playwright
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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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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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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 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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Al-Qaida's deputy leader threatened a jittery Britain on Tuesday 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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Author Salman Rushdie has said he was horrified by the government&#39;s response to Sikh protests that forced a play in Birmingham to be cancelled.
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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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Radical Islamic groups in Pakistan hold a day of protests over the UK's decision to knight author Salman Rushdie.
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A writer forced into hiding after her play prompted rioting by Sikh protesters and led to the cancellation of her play has broken her silence and defended her work.
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Author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Iran&#39;s leader ordered him killed, has assailed the government for allowing angry Sikh groups to force the cancellation of a Sikh play last week.
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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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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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Britain stands by its decision to honour author Salman Rushdie, despite protests by Pakistan and Iran, says John Reid.
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Leading figures from the arts world are among more than 700 signatories of an open letter supporting the Sikh playwright who has been forced into hiding by death threats.
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The author of a play that triggered violent protests by Sikhs in Birmingham, central England, has gone into hiding amid threats against her life, friends were quoted as saying.
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Pakistan deplored on Monday Britain's decision to award a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world.