THE TELEGRAPH: Mounting Muslim protests over Salman Rushdie's knighthood led to an embarrassing Cabinet split last night plunging the Government into disarray.
As anger spread across the Islamic world, one hardline Pakistani cleric openly said the author of The Satanic Verses should die, while demonstrators in Malaysia chanted "go to hell, Britain!"
Abdul Rashid Ghazi, one of two brothers who run a mosque in Islamabad, said: "Salman Rushdie deserves to be killed and anyone who has the power must kill him." Cabinet split over Rushdie knighthood (more) By Brenda Carlin, Political correspondent
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