ONE recent event incited riots yet again. This time it had to do with the knighthood of a controversial author.udThat he had created a controversy and the fact that Salman Rushdie was knighted seems to be one and theudsame for a small number of Muslims.udThe fact that there have been others who are also controversial and have been knighted did not catch theudattention of these groups.udNo doubt some of them are less wellknown,udbut the principle is the same. Namely, to knight or not to knight isuda sovereign prerogative of the nation concerned. It is not an international recognition and as such need notudovertly concern any outsider.
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