Radical Islamic clerics warn of further attacks after publisher is firebombed

London Telegraph ^ | 9/28/08 | John Bingham

[T Ruth]

Hardline clerics said that further attacks would be "inevitable" if publication of the novel, The Jewel of Medina, goes ahead as planned next month.

Police moved in to arrest three men moments after a fire broke out at the London home and office of Martin Rynja in the early hours of Saturday.

The attack came days after Mr Rynja's company, Gibson Square, bought the rights to the book by the American writer Sherry Jones, which has already been likened to Sir Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.

The novel, which focuses on the relationship between Mohammed and his child bride Aisha, was recently dropped from publication in the United States by the publishers Random House amid fears that it would anger Muslims.

Mr Rynja, who is described by friends as "taking on projects where others fear to tread" has published several books by controversial authors including Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian spy who was poisoned in London after becoming an outspoken critic of * * * Vladimir Putin.

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But the radical cleric Anjem Choudhary said the book was an insult to the Prophet Mohammed's honour, something he said would warrant a "death penalty" under Sharia law.

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* * * the radical cleric Anjem Choudhary, who lives in Ilford, east London, said he was "not surprised at all" by the attack and warned of possible further reprisals over the book

"It is clearly stipulated in Muslim law that any kind of attack on his honour carries the death penalty," he said.

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"If the publication goes ahead then I think, inevitably, there will be more attacks like this - this is the thin [edge] of the wedge," he said.

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[T Ruth]

More frontal assaults on western civilization by islamics. Cowardly Random House has already surrendered.

[Da Coyote]

Perhaps the Brits who still have cojones (and there are plenty of them) might look into a mosque or two. I’ll let the Brits decide to do when they’re in there looking.

[doc1019]

Over the years, I have seen many books that criticized my religious beliefs and therefore my GOD, witnessed the absurd pronouncements against my religious beliefs and felt sick about the absurd art that has assailed my religious beliefs … yet, never have I rioted in the streets because of these things, never have I killed because of these things, never have I lashed out because of these things. Why? Because I know, my GOD is strong enough to fight these battles for me.

When ever I hear of Muslims rioting and killing over a picture, cartoon or movie, supposedly denigrating their religion, I can come to only one conclusion: they are so insecure in their own faith, and god that they must react in a very childish way … kill, kill, kill.

[ApplegateRanch]

As Worf would say, “he(Pork Be Upon Him) has no honor,” so how can any one attack it?