Apparently according to a brief newsflash I just caught part of, a Moslem group in Pakistan ?? has just awarded Osama Bin Laden their highest honour in retaliation for Rushdie's gong. Apparently they feel the 'crimes' of these individuals are equal - Rushdie writes a boring, blasphemous book and Bin Laden masterminds the slaughter of thousands of people
Just found the story:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5-1702,00.html