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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> | ||
Mark Durie, a linguistics and theology PhD, and Islamic historian, wrote about this incident in the context of how 'fitna' (oppression) can be viewed by Muslims. | |||
{{Quote|Durie, Mark; Ye'or, Bat. The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom (p. 156-157). Deror Books.|Lord Ahmed objected to Salman Rushdie being knighted, because he had ‘blood on his hands’. But one must ask, ‘What blood, and who shed it?’ While it is true that translators of Rushdie’s books were assassinated, and Muslims died in riots instigated by those who were calling for Rushdie’s blood, from Lord Ahmed’s perspective, it is not the killers who are to be held accountable for these deaths, but the author whose fitna provided a pretext for their aggression. The Queen, in knighting Rushdie had ‘hurt the sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims’ said Pakistan Religious Affairs Minister, Ijaz-ul-Haq, who also proposed that ‘If someone exploded a bomb on his body he would be right to do so unless the British Government apologizes and withdraws the “sir” title.’ This illustrates the principle that fitna – in this case dishonoring Muslims by knighting Rushdie – ‘is worse than slaughter’ – in the form of suicide bombing targeting British citizens.}} | |||
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