Bhutto condemns Rushdie attack- Guardian
Submitted by kerryanne on Fri, 2007-06-22 13:37.Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan, yesterday called for the sacking of the religious affairs minister who was reported as justifying a suicide bomb attack on Salman Rushdie.
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can't we all just get along?
Apparently not, more's the pity. Some people are saying that Rushdie shouldn't have accepted the honour because he's not exactly a big fan of Britian. Some are saying they should never have offered it, for obvious reasons. I'm thinking they made a big mistake...if it wasn't deliberately done.
The guy wrote a book, how does that make him a "sir"
Seriously. The honour is supposed to be given not only for merit--literary or otherwise--but for making a positive contribution to the society. I don't know about the merit part, but I sincerely doubt any positive contribution, since he got pissed off and left Britain after they had saved his butt during the fatwa. The Brits say it's to honor Muslims, but I can think of at least one other Muslim writer who would have been a better choice. It's all politics, most likely.
If they can give a knighthood to Mick Jagger, there's no telling who's gonna make the list.