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Salman Rushdie is awarded knighthood!
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06-20-2007, 04:21 PM
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SoonerCoug
But Iran and Pakistan are upset.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapc...eut/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html
I just don't understand what's wrong with Rushdie.
It's the equivalent of President Hinckley issuing a fatwa for Steve Benson or something.
Even the guy that translated The Satanic Verses into Japanese got murdered.
MindfulCoug: In your estimation, what percentage of the Iranian population wants to kill Rushdie? Can you explain to us the logic behind the fatwah/hukm?
Forgive my literary buffoonery, but what exactly did The Satanic Verses actually say? I know people were up in arms about it back in the day, but I never knew why.
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