TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran accused Britain on Sunday of insulting Islam by awarding a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" prompted the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa death warrant for him.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Rushdie, awarded for services to literature in the Queen's birthday honours list published on Saturday, was "one of the most hated figures" in the Islamic world. Iran condemns knighthood for author Rushdie (more)
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Iran protestiert gegen Rushdies Ritterschlag
Mark Alexander
