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  • Random House pulls novel on Islam, fears violence (Where is the OUTRAGE?)

    08/30/2008 1:31:56 PM PDT · by yoe · 3 replies · 134+ views
    Reuters ^ | August 6, 2008 | Edith Honan
    Publisher Random House has pulled a novel about the Prophet Mohammad's child bride, fearing it could "incite acts of violence." "The Jewel of Medina," a debut novel by journalist Sherry Jones, 46, was due to be published on August 12 by Random House, a unit of Bertelsmann AG, and an eight-city publicity tour had been scheduled, Jones told Reuters on Thursday. The novel traces the life of A'isha from her engagement to Mohammad, when she was six, until the prophet's death. Jones said that she was shocked to learn in May, that publication would be postponed indefinitely. "I have deliberately...