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Lahore, June 22 (ANI): Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi has said that he will kill controversial writer Salman Rushdie if he comes across him. "Death is the only punishment for a blasphemer," said Sahi, and declared that according to Islam, a blasphemer should be killed and if any blasphemer...

Salman Rushdie faces renewed death threat Thursday, 20 January , 2005, 20:27 London: Author Salman Rushdie faces a renewed death threat from Islamic fundamentalists as Iran's supreme leader Ayotollah Ali Khamenie affirmed a 'fatwa' against him in a message to Muslims on their annual...

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1388983,00.html Home Office to meet Rushdie over censorship fears Guardian, UK - 9 hours ago ... Their concerns have been fuelled by the recent demonstrations over the play Bezhti, by a Sikh writer, which was cancelled at a Birmingham...

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=peopleNews&storyID=7179273 Author Rushdie Angry After Sikh Play Scrapped Reuters - 27 minutes ago ... author Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for years after Irans leader ordered him killed, assailed Britain on Sunday for allowing angry Sikh...