Re: Conferring knighthood on Rushdie
- From: "John of Aix" <j.murphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:48:37 +0200
alec wrote:
I think the British Govt. had every right to confer the knighthood
on Rushdie. I think he is fully derserving of the honour conferred
on him.
Of course they have every right, The UK is a free and independent
country. Whether it was deserved or not is, of course, a matter of
opinion.
I am not a muslim but with things the way they are I feel this was
not the right time for the British Govt. to honour someone whom the
muslim community think blasphemed against the Koran.
Do not see any reason why the UK government should take any notice of
what people in the street in other countries think of its actions in a
very mundane thing such as giving awards to its citizens. The UK is not
a Muslim country.
I think this
will unecessarily strain relations between the two communities and
this will not really serve any constructive purpose. It will only
reinforce the feeling that Britain is insensitive to Muslim
sentiments. I am sure many Brits feel this way too.
Why the hell should the UK be sensitive to Muslim sentiments, is Islam
sensitive to ours?
.
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