Rushdie knighted
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Topic: Rushdie knighted
Posted By: reifidom
Subject: Rushdie knighted
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 7:40am
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1951462.ece - Salman Rushdie, author of the Satanic Verses, is knighted.
Lots of angry people want him dead more than ever. I guess he was knighted a little while ago, but this was the first I'd heard of it. Now the fatwa has renewed vigor. There is still a $150,000 price on his head set by a fringe group. "Ijaz-ul-Haq, the Religious Affairs Minister, told the assembly in Islamabad that the award of the knighthood excused suicide bombing. “If somebody has to attack by strapping bombs to his body to protect the honour of the Prophet then it is justified,” he said." ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 8:33am
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Very interesting actually.
Doubt anythng will come of it though. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 8:39am
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Yeah, he's pretty well protected and Iran has stated that they will not enforce the fatwa.
I haven't read the book, but it's on my list. I've never read a book that would justify knighthood though. And $150,000 is quite a bit of money... -------------
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 12:46pm
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Hell, They bring that up to 500,000$, I might take a shot at it. :P ------------- |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 4:37pm
If I had a chance I would do it for 150,000.... ------------- Que pasa? 
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*Stealth* wrote:Posted By: oreomann33
Date Posted: 19 June 2007 at 5:19pm
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It's Salman not salmon!
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