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June 20th, 2007 4:39 pm

Knighting Rushdie

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My friend Flemming Rose launched his new Pajamas Express blog with a bang.

Check out his piece on the elevation of Salman Rushdie to the knighthood.

Rose interviews a comrade of mine, who goes by Ibn Warraq, on Rusdie’s gong.
Warraq wonders aloud if Britain was trying to send a signal to the Islamic fanatics that is vision of tolerance and free speech will not be cowed by fatwas and threats.

If only Warraq was right. If only the land of Wilberforce and Kipling and Churchill was as determined as the Danes to stand for liberalism. If only…

UPDATE: Link should work now. Thanks Brian!

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1. Brian:

Richard, clicking on the link sent me here:

http://richardminiter.pajamasmedia.com/pajamasmedia.com/xpress/flemmingrose/ . . .

. . . which gave me a “Not Found” message (”The requested URL /pajamasmedia.com/xpress/flemmingrose/ was not found on this server.”)

Brian

Jun 20, 2007 - 6:55 pm

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