SIR - Whoever the bright spark was who recommended Salman Rushdie for a knighthood and the idiot who thought it suitable should both be transported to Iran.
We must have the most stupid honours system in the world if the powers-that-be could not foresee how much trouble they would stir up with this insensitive award.
That is quite apart from the question: "What has he done to deserve it?" Other than cost this country tens of thousands (if not millions) of pounds protecting him from his fate.
He will surely, as God made little apples, become No1 enemy of Islam.
Phil Boase, Elizabeth Street, Wyke
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