When was salman rushdie knighted

On social media. Who are we? Fight the Fake. Daily newsletter Receive essential international news every morning Subscribe. Muslims literature Queen Elizabeth II. Page not found. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign Up. Imran Khan. Shah Mahmood Qureshi. China Coronavirus. Taliban News. But it has backed the Booker-prize winning author since when Iran's spiritual late leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him, calling for his execution.

His book, The Satanic Verses, was seen as so offensive to Muslims that he was forced into hiding, under threat of death. The latest controversy over his knighthood appears to have shocked the people involved in nominating and selecting him. If the senior officers of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were not able to use their knowledge of the Islamic world to consider the likely ramifications of this decision, then I'm extremely concerned Stewart Jackson MP Jonathan Heawood, director of the English branch of Pen, said: "We have argued for a long time that Salman Rushdie should be recognised by the government as a giant of world literature.

The decision to award the knighthood was entirely in the hands of the honours committee and the government. We will continue to support Salman Rushdie as we support over 1, writers around the world who have been persecuted as a result of their writing. In Sir Salman's case, this was the arts and media committee chaired by multi-millionaire banker and philanthropist Lord Rothschild.

It decides which names are put forward for final approval to the prime minister and the Queen. A spokeswoman at the Foreign Office confirmed the permanent secretary had been at the meeting, adding: "This was never going to be an uncontroversial decision but the award was for literary achievement. Books 'rubbish' Conservative MP Stewart Jackson, chairman of the all-party group on Pakistan, said: "Salman Rushdie was subjected to one of the most famous death sentences in the 20th Century.

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