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Desicritics (Free subscription) | yesterday
When one thinks of Sir Salman Rushdie, the words modesty and humility immediately pop up in my mind. Oops! I intended to say just the opposite of how that last sentence came out. Oh well! Some time back somebody with an undeniable mean streak wrote that Sir Salman would be quite upset if he were to receive a Nobel Prize for Literature. He would probably fulminate “Why after so many years? And why...
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Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | yesterday
ROBERT Burns wished, famously, that we were able to "See oursels as ithers see us".
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artdiamondblog.com (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
"Marked for death: Ayaan Hirsi Ali." Source of caption and photo: online version of the WSJ commentary quoted and cited below. (p. A15) Criticism of Islam, however, has led to violence and murder world-wide. Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa...
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Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Beirut- Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave a live press conference in which he revealed details of the prisoner swap and attacked the British government for listing Hezbollah military group as a terrorist organization
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
London/Beirut - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the chief of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah movement, on Wednesday said Britian's decision to add Hezbollah to its list of banned terrorist organisations is not surprising. This decision is a (source of) great...
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Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Are these really the best six books written in the last 40 years? The Siege of Krishnapur - J G Farrell (1973) The Conservationist - Nadine Gordimer (1974) Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (1981) The Ghost Road - Pat Barker (1995) Disgrace - J M Coetzee (1999) Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey (1988) On Newsnight Review this Friday we'll be discussing the Best of the Booker shortlist. Six books...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Tehran - Iran on Tuesday harshly condemned Britain for having awarded Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie a knighthood, official news agency IRNA reported. Together with other Muslims worldwide, Iran harshly condemns awarding Salman Rushdie an...
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merinews - citizen powered media (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Islam is a tolerant religion, but not towards women. While Muslim men are allowed to have four wives at a time, women are not allowed to do the same. Women must cover themselves head-to-toe with burqa, while men need not do so.
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Heretical Librarian (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
On Wednesday, Sir Salman Rushdie from Queen Elizabeth II. The announcement of the award just over a year ago drew from Islamists. Thankfully, they did not deter the Queen from bestowing this well deserved honor. Sir Salman has shown against the Islamist war on free expression. Especially since, contrary to some reports, the 1989 Khomeini fatwa calling for his murder .Sir Salman Rushdie was the first...
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merinews - citizen powered media (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Britain based Indian author, Salman Rushdie has been in controversies time and again. Be it regarding his writings or getting divorced or changing girlfriends like clothes. These spells of controversies make him a hot favourite and are his USP.
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Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Could it be? A show of infidel defiance from none other than the Queen of Great Britain -- the fabled land where “underground” sharia law permeates regions such as Londonistan. After outraging the umma a year ago by announcing that Salman Rushdie -- variously known in the Islamic world as apostate-heretic-blasphemer -- would be knighted, the Brits are actually going through with it. More kudos to them.....
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Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
I suppose the protests around the Muslim world will be scheduled for Saturday. Embassy burning - the whole lot! Congratulations are in order for Sir Salman Rushdie - for his courage, intelligence and pleasure that he has brought to his readers. Salman Rushdie received his knighthood from the Queen today amid fears it could trigger a backlash among Muslim extremists. Rushdie, 61, who was knighted for...
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the Literary Saloon (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Salman Rushdie was finally officially knighted yesterday, the English queen whacking him with her sword or whatever the hell they ceremoniously do.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Author Salman Rushdie slipped into Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to receive a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II that had angered many parts of the Muslim world when the honor was announced last year.
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a hazy day today (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Mine. No it 's mine now. So Robert Mugabe gets stripped of his knighthood and it is given to Salman Rushdie instead - cue the resurgence of the fatwa that everyone forgot about...goodness...spin and politics has come a long way - especially as the move seems to be rather conveniently coinciding with the Mandela concert celebration. Naomi - naaaaaaaoooow! You can't come on stage - you can stay at the...
