Posted on 10/12/2008 4:19:15 PM PDT by Ladycalif
A British publisher said it would delay the publication of the novel “The Jewel of Medina,” by Sherry Jones, according to the British Web site TheBookseller.com. The British release of the novel had been in doubt after a firebombing attack on the London home of Martin Rynja, whose imprint, Gibson Square, was preparing to release it. In addition, Ms. Jones has canceled a trip to Frankfurt to promote the novel, about A’isha, a wife of the prophet Muhammad. “We respect Sherry Jones’s decision,” Gibson Square said in a statement reported by TheBookseller.com. “In her view the best thing to do is to postpone her visit and the publishing of the novel in Britain.” The novel was published Monday in the United State
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Three men have been remanded in custody charged with conspiring to damage the home and office of a man due to publish a novel about the Prophet Muhammad.
Ali Beheshti, 40, Abrar Mirza, 22 and Abbas Taj, 30, were remanded by Westminster Magistrates on Friday until 17 October.
Martin Rynja of publisher Gibson Square had been planning to release The Jewel of Medina in the UK this month.
A small fire was put out at the property in Islington last month.
The three were charged with "conspiring without lawful excuse to damage the premises... intending to destroy or damage property and with intent to endanger life".
They were also charged with "conspiring without lawful excuse to damage the premises... intending to destroy or damage property and being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered."
Mr Beheshti was also charged with possessing a weapon "designed or adapted for the discharge of a noxious liquid or gas".
Hope they get Life!
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