Was it not provocative and unwise to honour Salman Rushdie with a knighthood?

Question

He is not even British, and he no longer lives in UK .

Was it perhaps to provoke the wrath of Muslim hordes and let them disgrace themselves as usual?

Answer 1

It is difficult not to wonder whether this was a deliberately provocative act, isn't it?
Especially given that one of the main reasons for Beckham going un-honoured, allegedly, is the fact that he now lives and for the most part earns his living, abroad- same is true of Rushdie.
Also, whilst Rushdie is undoubtedly a highly gifted writer, I can't really think what service he has performed the country or its people.

Answer 2

Excuse me yet Ayatollah Khomeini issued a dying Sentence to Salman Rushdie, yet that regulation would not persist with in Britain the place the supervisor of State happens to additionally be the pinnacle of the Davidic Dynasty/domicile of David. So who cares what the Islamic community thinks, Salman Rushdie has executed distinctive stable over the years, adequate for Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by utilizing grace of God, Queen of super Britain and northerly eire (and additionally Queen of Judah) to decree a Knighthood for Sir Salman Rushdie. Davidic regulation overrules Islamic regulation so hence Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II overrules His very much Damned Ayatollah Khoemeini (who rots in Hell).

Answer 3

I think you may be right, possibly Blair's final two finger salute toward extremist Islam.

Although I agree with Rushdie's freedom of expression, he does seem to lack gratitude to the British people and security services for (rightly) affording him protection. When he moved to New York, he slagged the Brits off something rotten.

Personally, I think there are other, more deserving canditates for a knighthood.

Answer 4

Yes, it does seem provocative and unwise, in fact it beggars belief. It seems to be a deliberate act to wind up the extremists - but why?? I'd like to know whose decision it is - are they stupid, or naive, or as you say, deliberately provoking? No idea.

I'd like whoever made the decision to have to explain publicly to Muslims that it's not meant to be a deliberate insult to them, this honour for the reviled man who wrote such an offensive criticism of their holy book.

Answer 5

Let them read the 'Satanic Verses' or 'Midnight's Children' for themselves and decide whether having literary merit, it justifies such an award. Freedom of artistic expression is sacrosanct. There are works of art with ideas which will exist long after the ideologies which condemned them have crumbled to dust and ruin.

Answer 6

WHO decides to grant the honor of Knighthood; - the Queen, - or the critics? Nothing the British are saying- is stopping Iran from doing what IT wants to... -Why should England hear the pitious cry of the Iranian complaint???

Answer 7

Judging by Pakistan's response of threatening suicide bombers on the news yesterday, errrrrrrrrrrrrrm - yeah!!! I'd still be in hiding if I had death threats over my head but that man is oblivious to the damage he causes every time he goes out of the door.

Answer 8

On the other hand, isn't it a testimony to the honor of moderate Muslims coming forward and testifying to the oppression of Islamo-Fascists?

Answer 9

Probably not. But one thing we should never do is allow a bunch of violent thugs (especially foreign ones) to tell us what we can and cannot do.

Answer 10

if somebody did the equivalent to christians, there is no way they would receive a knighthood. this is a mere example of institutional racism.