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The Japanese translator of his novel was stabbed to death, the Italian translator seriously wounded, the Norwegian publisher seriously injured in a shooting, and thirty-seven people were also burnt to death by a mob of 2,000 Muslims in a [[Turkey|Turkish]] hotel for their refusal to hand over the Turkish translator of the novel.<ref>Dr. Koenraad Elst - [http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/articles/misc/rushdie.html Afterword: The Rushdie Affair's Legacy] - Koenraad Elst's Indology Site, accessed March 28, 2012</ref> | The Japanese translator of his novel was stabbed to death, the Italian translator seriously wounded, the Norwegian publisher seriously injured in a shooting, and thirty-seven people were also burnt to death by a mob of 2,000 Muslims in a [[Turkey|Turkish]] hotel for their refusal to hand over the Turkish translator of the novel.<ref>Dr. Koenraad Elst - [http://koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com/articles/misc/rushdie.html Afterword: The Rushdie Affair's Legacy] - Koenraad Elst's Indology Site, accessed March 28, 2012</ref> | ||
Fresh protests were sparked around the world following Salman Rushdie's knighthood in 2007. The Pakistani Ulema Council, a body claiming to be the biggest of its kind in | Fresh protests were sparked around the world following Salman Rushdie's knighthood in 2007. The Pakistani Ulema Council, a body claiming to be the biggest of its kind in Pakistan with 2000 scholars, announced that they had awarded [[Osama bin Laden]] with the title ''Saifullah'' (Sword of Allah),<ref>[{{Reference archive|1=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6225428.stm|2=2011-08-16}} 'Suicide' minister may go to UK] - BBC News, June 21, 2007</ref> their highest honour, in response to the knighthood, calling Bin Laden a "Muslim warrior".<ref>Rana Jawad - [http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=100&story_id=22083 <!-- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sptimes.ru%2Findex.php%3Faction_id%3D100%26story_id%3D22083&date=2012-03-29 -->Pakistani Scholars Pay Respect to Bin Laden] - Agence France Presse, June 22, 2007</ref> | ||
Effigies of the writer were publicly burnt in Pakistan and Malaysia,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6229506.stm Day of Pakistan Rushdie protests] - BBC News, June 22, 2007.</ref> and further bounties were offered from Iran and Pakistan.<ref>Tom Hundley - [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/jun/20/news/chi-rushdie_20jun20 Rushdie, Britain stir Muslim world's fury] - Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2007</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_traders_offer_Rs_10_mn_reward_for_Rushdies_head/articleshow/2141284.cms Pak traders offer Rs 10 mn reward for Rushdie's head] - Times of India, June 22, 2007</ref> Some have linked the knighthood to the 2007 attempted car bombings in London.<ref>Doug Saunders - [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/subscribe.jsp?art=767638 Luck averts car-bomb carnage in London] - Saturday's Globe and Mail, June 30, 2007</ref><ref>[http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/260743/cs/1/ London bomb warning on internet website] - Malaysia Sun, June 29, 2007</ref> | Effigies of the writer were publicly burnt in Pakistan and Malaysia,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6229506.stm Day of Pakistan Rushdie protests] - BBC News, June 22, 2007.</ref> and further bounties were offered from Iran and Pakistan.<ref>Tom Hundley - [http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/jun/20/news/chi-rushdie_20jun20 Rushdie, Britain stir Muslim world's fury] - Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2007</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_traders_offer_Rs_10_mn_reward_for_Rushdies_head/articleshow/2141284.cms Pak traders offer Rs 10 mn reward for Rushdie's head] - Times of India, June 22, 2007</ref> Some have linked the knighthood to the 2007 attempted car bombings in London.<ref>Doug Saunders - [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/subscribe.jsp?art=767638 Luck averts car-bomb carnage in London] - Saturday's Globe and Mail, June 30, 2007</ref><ref>[http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/260743/cs/1/ London bomb warning on internet website] - Malaysia Sun, June 29, 2007</ref> | ||