The Queen knighted Salman Rushdie he of the 'Satanic Verses' notoriety in her mid-June birthday honours for 'his services to literature.'
Satanic Verses is a work of art (literature) that satirised Islam and created an unprecedented furor that is unmatched by any recent book. This led to the then Iran's Spiritual Leader Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a 'fatwa' against him calling for his execution.
The knighting thought leave alone the act itself was bound to raise tempers and has now precipitated a diplomatic row.
Truth be told, he is now officially Sir Salman Rushdie.
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