Posted on 08/18/2008 6:21:59 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A US publisher has cancelled the publication of a novel about the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed amid a growing controversy over the book.
"The Jewel of Medina," a debut novel by journalist Sherry Jones about Mohammed's child bride A'isha had been due for release in the United States last week.
But publisher Random House released her from the contract amid the controversy and her agent said Jones is now looking for a publisher in another country to pick up the rights.
"Random House made the decision to cancel its US publication of the novel 'The Jewel of Medina' after much deliberation and with great reluctance," a statement from the publisher sent to AFP said.
"The decision was based on advice from scholars of Islam, among several creditable sources, that publication of this book might be offensive to some in the Muslim community and could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment."
Random House added that it stood "firmly by our responsibility to support our authors and the free discussion of ideas, even those that may be construed as offensive by some.
"However, we must weigh that responsibility against others that it also bears, and in this instance we decided not to go forward with this publication out of concerns for the author, employees of Random House, booksellers, and anyone else who would be involved in distribution and sale of the novel."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
So a book about his 10-year-old wife is okay, but not the 7-year-old. Gotcha.
Guess they were afraid that if the truth were found out about Mohammed raping a child and calling her his wife, the muslims might start a jihad here in America...More pandering going on with the press!
Wait a minute- I thought she was six, but Mohammed waited a few years before he nailed her.
Now I’m all confused. It’s like he was dating the entire Chinese gymnastics team!
Let's not make them mad... they might blow up tall buildings, the Pentagon, and cut the heads off of people... no, wait...
Story on the newest form of “Book Burning.”
Ouch! You’re bad. :)
Dhimmis for Dummies.
But they will publish books bashing Christianity and Orthodox Judaism and make them best sellers!
Just offending the Muslims that publishers refuse to offend.
I'm very confused.
If the madman Mo' is the last and greatest prophet and lived a perfect life, why would the followers of him be offended by a mere book about his six year old wife?
Good thing Random House wasn’t responsible for deciding whether or not to publish the Declaration of Independence. British scholars would have talked them out of it, for sure.
See also.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061029/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060720/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058969/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058669/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058456/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058359/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058158/posts
"The decision was based on advice from scholars of Islam, among several creditable sources, that publication of this book might be offensive to some in the Muslim community and could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment."
The great simultaneous YES NO.
It is disgusting!!!
...but...
All Freepers ought to check out our own threads.
FR's threads are full of the same sort of lamebrained reasoning.
Just saying...
Nothing to see here.
Please move along.
When are we going to play cowboys and muslims?
(While the large nonviolent Muslim community DOES NOTHING!)
If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!
“The decision was based on advice from scholars of Islam, among several creditable sources, that publication of this book might be offensive to some in the Muslim community and could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment.”
So much for the cowards of 5th Avenue.
They should have her rework it as an expose of Jesus’ relations with teenage girls.....then it’d be smooth sailing.
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