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Salman Rushdie: Film that sparked Mideast unrest ‘disgraceful’

As an Iranian religious foundation raises the bounty on his head, British author Salman Rushdie called the film that has sparked protest in the Middle East "disgraceful.""I think clearly the video was a flashpoint," Rushdie told TODAY's Matt Lauer Monday of the U.S.-made film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad. "From what I can see it was an outrageous, disgraceful little malevolent thing, but by now
/ Source: TODAY staff and wire