Like I've said before, I'm not a big Salmon Rushdie fan. Not because he's insulting to Islam, but just because I find his books boring. Of course, I've never been a fan of anything the litarati at the New York Times Book Review praise. But is praising Rushdie a form of "Islamophobia" as Iran's foreign minister claims? No, it's not Islamophobia.....but it is bad taste in literature.

BBC:

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the decision to praise the "apostate" showed Islamophobia among British officials....

Mr Hosseini told a press conference: "Giving a medal to someone who is among the most detested figures in the Islamic community is... a blatant example of the anti-Islamism of senior British officials.

"The measure that has taken place for paying tribute to this apostate and detested figure will definitely put British statesmen and officials at odds with Islamic societies, the emotions and sentiments of which have again been provoked."

He added that the knighthood showed that the process of insulting Islamic sanctities was not accidental but was being supported by some Western countries.

UPDATE: Pakistanis--it's okay to kill people because of NJOW I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY's knighthood:

“The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body, he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the ‘sir’ title,” ul-Haq said. ...

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