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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= That’s ‘Sir Salman Rushdie’ to You Eighteen years after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s explosively controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”—which led to widespread criticism by Muslims and a death threat ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini—the Indian-born writer has been singled out for a much more desirable form of official recognition: Rushdie has been <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6756149.stm" title="knighted">knighted</a> by the queen of England. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070616_thats_sir_salman_rushdie_to_you/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070616_thats_sir_salman_rushdie_to_you/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= That’s ‘Sir Salman Rushdie’ to You Eighteen years after the publication of Salman Rushdie’s explosively controversial novel “The Satanic Verses”—which led to widespread criticism by Muslims and a death threat ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini—the Indian-born writer has been singled out for a much more desirable form of official recognition: Rushdie has been <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6756149.stm" title="knighted">knighted</a> by the queen of England. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070616_thats_sir_salman_rushdie_to_you/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070616_thats_sir_salman_rushdie_to_you/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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