Kudos to Rushdie

It looks like Deja vu all over again. The intolerant Muslims are screaming bloody apostasy while Salman Rushdie is honored, this time by knighthood by the Queen for his accomplishments as a writer.
Too bad the world didn't take notice in 1988-1989 when we saw the intolerant face of radical Islam in the worldwide reaction by Muslims against The Satanic Verses.
In the Gadfly's view, this was a prelude to the 9/11 attacks. We could have seen the writing on the wall - that Islam is an intolerant faith, incompatible with Western values of freedom, and that Islam is filled with violence. An average Muslim can easily be tipped over to violence with a parody or insult to the faith. Further, Islam can be a protective cover for the heinous machinations of terrorist groups like Al Qaeda.
Turning back to Rushdie, the Gadfly would like to send his sincere congratulations for the recent knighthood. In fact, the Gadfly believes that Rushdie is truly deserving of the Nobel prize in literature for his accomplishments. In reality, I doubt such an honor would ever be bestowed on Rushdie. The Nobel committee would probably be too scared of the backlash from the Muslim world for giving such a deserved honor.