SALMAN RUSHDIE'S KNIGHTHOOD

JUNE 18th 2007
SALMAN RUSHDIE'S KNIGHTHOOD MUST BE THE MOST UNNECESSARY HONOUR EVER AWARDED. OBVIOUSLY IT CAN'T BE CANCELLED JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF NUTTERS ARE ANNOYED BY IT AND THREATEN TO MURDER ALL INFIDELS, BUT WHY ON EARTH WAS HE GIVEN IT ANYWAY?
I DOUBT THAT HIS MOTIVATION FOR WRITING THE SATANIC VERSES WAS MORE THAN VANITY, COMMERCIALISM AND AN ATTEMPT TO DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM HIS PAST, INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING IT AS WE SHOULD ALL ACCEPT OUR BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY.

JULY 10th 2007 The nutters' response duly arrives

Al-Qaeda threatens 'response' to Rushdie knighthood

Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri said on Tuesday the group is preparing a "precise response" to Britain's decision to bestow a knighthood on author Salman Rushdie.

"I say to (Britain's Queen) Elizabeth and (former British Prime Minister Tony) Blair that your message has reached us and we are in the process of preparing for you a precise response," Zawahiri said in an audio recording posted on an Internet website often used by Islamic militants.