Queen Elizabeth confers knighthood on Salman Rushdie

Thursday, June 26, 2008

LONDON -- Author Salman Rushdie slipped into Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to receive a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II that had angered many parts of the Muslim world when the honor was announced last year.

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