Salman Rushdie title 'may spark attacks'

[The Lone Gunman]

The question is whether his knighthood is worth the loss of goodwill in the Islamic world. Assuming you believe the Islamic world has a right to be offended in the first place.

[threaded]

The question is whether his knighthood is worth the loss of goodwill in the Islamic world. Assuming you believe the Islamic world has a right to be offended in the first place.

That also presupposes there is any goodwill left to lose...

[Euro-commuter]

That also presupposes there is any goodwill left to lose...

I read this coment

The best way to deal with the Islamic world is to have as little to do with it as possible. We should completely stop Muslim immigration. This could be done in indirect ways, such as banning immigration from nations known to be engaged in terrorism. All Muslim non-citizens in the West should be removed. We should also change our laws to ensure that Muslim citizens who advocate sharia, preach Jihad, the inequality of "infidels" etc should have their citizenship revoked and be deported back to their country of origin.

We need to create an environment where the practice of Islam is made difficult. Muslim citizens should be forced to accept our secular ways or leave if they desire sharia. Much of this can be done in a non-discriminatory way, by simply refusing to allow special pleading to Muslims. Do not allow Islamic public calls to prayer as this is offensive to other faiths. Both boys and girls should take part in all sporting and social activities of the school and the community. The veil should be banned in public institutions, thus contributing to breaking the traditional subjugation of women. Companies and public buildings should not be forced to build prayer rooms for Muslims.

but since I'm a liberal I don't agree with it.

[KentPhilip]

That also presupposes there is any goodwill left to lose...

Exactly.

As far as I am concerned, when those muslems stoned to death that woman in Iraq, they lost all entitlement to have their "feelings" protected.

[PRC1964]

Has anyone read any Salman Rushdie?

If so, which title(s)?

Yes.
Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children and The Moor's Last Sigh.

I enjoyed all three of them.

[Not So Wise]

The question is whether his knighthood is worth the loss of goodwill in the Islamic world.

It was a mistake to give it to him in the first place (not only because of the Muslims but in my opinion more so because he has done nothing to deserve it) but after the reaction (aka threats of violence) they should not only give it to him but also toss a few more titles his way and turn around and tell Pakistan that they either boot every minister who who threatened violence or lose every bit of aid, get reclassified as a government that supports terrorists and get their entire embassy kicked out of the country

The west seriously needs to force Pakistan to stop playing both sides of the fence, they either don't support the terrorists/radicals or they do

[andy]

Pakistan has two faces. While they train and export the terrorists to chechnya , kashmir and all over the world, but they also claim to support west in the fight against terrorism. Talk about hypocrisy.

[Geek_Bird]

Yes.

That's the one... is it worth excavating it?

Actually, Midnight's Children is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

HTH

[threaded]

Actually, Midnight's Children is not a book to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

[thunderlizard]

Zeitghost,
Yes, Midnight's children is well worth reading.

And a bit of advice from one lizard to another:
It's so whistle-stop that most people who've read it can't remember a darn thing about it (like me) except that it was brilliant. So you should pick any 2 or 3 scenes and fix them in your memory. Then all the chicks will say "blimey, zeity has not only read Midnight's Children but has a casual command of what happens in it".