I don't believe the award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie was intended as a deliberate insult to Iran or Islam, as suggested by Philip Lardner (letters, June 18). In fact, I think it was probably just a slip of the pen by Tony Blair.
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Rushdie honour was a slip of the pen
I don't believe the award of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie was intended as a deliberate insult to Iran or Islam, as suggested by Philip Lardner (letters, June 18). In fact, I think it was probably just a slip of the pen by Tony Blair.
