Post by steevo on Jun 18, 2007 21:11:49 GMT
She's in her 80s with more brains and guts than most. Her job may be largely ceremonial but she stood up to the terrorists by knighting Salman Rushdie.
From the target of a religious hit ordered by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini to a British knight: Buckingham Palace today is honoring iconic author Salman Rushdie.
The author of “The Satanic Verses” went into hiding after a 1989 Fatwa called on Muslims to kill him because the ayatollah believed the book insulted Islam.
He re-emerged after the Iranian government said it would no longer support the edict in 1998 nor could it rescind it.
Rushdie says he still gets a “Valentine’s Day card” every February 14th from Iran, reminding him he is a marked man.
The author of “The Satanic Verses” went into hiding after a 1989 Fatwa called on Muslims to kill him because the ayatollah believed the book insulted Islam.
He re-emerged after the Iranian government said it would no longer support the edict in 1998 nor could it rescind it.
Rushdie says he still gets a “Valentine’s Day card” every February 14th from Iran, reminding him he is a marked man.