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"Honouring a hated apostate will definitely put the British statesmen against the Islamic community and hurts their feeling once again." You mean there was a recent interval where there wasn't a general sense of grievance against the West?
"Iran slams British knighthood for Rushdie," from Agence France-Presse:
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Saturday accused British leaders of "Islamophobia" for knighting Indian-born author Salman Rushdie, who was issued with a death fatwa by Iran's revolutionary leader 18 years ago.
"Knighting one of the most hated figures in the Islamic world is a clear sign of Islamophobia among high-ranking British officials," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters.
"Honouring a hated apostate will definitely put the British statesmen against the Islamic community and hurts their feeling once again," he said of the novelist, who was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday.
"Insulting Islamic religious sanctities is not accidental but organised and is taking place with the support and direction of some Western countries."
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in January 2005 that he still believed the British novelist was an apostate whose killing would be authorised by Islam.
Posted by Marisol at June 18, 2007 7:46 AM
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I betcha Cat Stevens is jealous of Sir Salmen. I hope that Yosef never gets the British honor. He is a disgrace to the British Commonwealth.
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at June 18, 2007 8:05 AM
The only reason I can think of to actually give Rushdie the Knighthood is to deliver a poke in the eye to the mullahs, which is fine in that respect.
But the man hasn't exactly been the epitome of all that is British and therefore deserving of such an award. At least Joe Cocker had the grace to express surprise on the basis that he has spent that much time living outside Britain he himself wonders what he did to be deserving of one.
Posted by: Wishbone at June 18, 2007 8:23 AM
Aw, poor Iranians are unhappy and insulted over this. The fact that Iran does far worse things doesn't matter one bit to those idiots. Every Western nation should honor Rushdie in a like manner just to "insult" the Khomaniacs.
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at June 18, 2007 8:25 AM
"Honouring a hated apostate will definitely put the British statesmen against the Islamic community and hurts their feeling once again," he said of the novelist, who was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday.
Awww, Britain hurt their one feeling.
Arrogance.
at June 18, 2007 8:39 AM
Give 'em what they are weeping for already. Oh those 72 !
Posted by: arjun.sevak at June 18, 2007 10:49 AM
+ 144 (Can't forget the boys with lashes, can we ) ?
Posted by: arjun.sevak at June 18, 2007 10:50 AM
Conferring a knighthood on Rushdie is "Islamophobia"? Whatever - as long as it pisses them off.
Posted by: johnb at June 18, 2007 10:52 AM
johnb,
I can't understand the "Islamophobia" in this, either. I agree though, if it pisses off the Iranians, it must be good.
Posted by: schwaben at June 18, 2007 11:22 AM
Muslims just can’t stand to be reminded of the infinitely embarrassing proof of the phoniness of Muhammad and his phony-baloney Koran. Rushdie in his book essentially admits (and they can’t forgive him for it) the most likely scenario in which the con-man Muhammad, in an attempt to woo the Mecca pagans stubbornly attached to their pet gods into submission, has Allah giving clear recognition to three of their favorite gods via these versus. The ploy didn’t work so he later lamely claims that it was all just a Satan trick (presumably while Allah wasn’t looking) so forget it. This cult is such a joke – a joke on the Arabs & Persians who keep killing & destroying, mostly themselves, for it.
Posted by: FM at June 18, 2007 11:40 AM
Nice poke in the muzlim eye with that knighted sword, Your Highness!
Posted by: Miss_Anthrope at June 18, 2007 12:17 PM
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