More coverage this morning of a government official in Pakistan encouraging terrorism in response to a dude with a pen:

Pakistan yesterday condemned Britain’s award of a knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, and a Cabinet minister said the honor provided a justification for suicide attacks. “This is an occasion for the [world’s] 1.5 billion Muslims to look at the seriousness of this decision,” Mohammed Ijaz ul-Haq, religious affairs minister, said in parliament. “The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body, he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the ‘sir’ title,” Mr. ul-Haq said.