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Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial Satanic Verses, said that he was disappointed in his publisher Random House for pulling an upcoming novel about the Prophet Mohammed.
“This is censorship by fear and it sets a very bad precedent indeed," said Rushdie. The Jewel of Medina is the debut novel from Spokane, Washington's Sherry Jones. It's a first-person narrative of Aisha, one of Mohammed's wives, and includes a mild account of the first time the two have sex.
Random House pulled the book when an early release of the novel began to elicit fears that their could be a similar violent response as the ones after the publication of Danish cartoons of Muhammad in 2005.
So, here's my question, if this book had to be banned for its depiction of sex between Mohammed and his nine year-old child bride Ayish, than should not the Koran and the Hadith also have to be banned?
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Salman Rushdie Calls Out Random House For Censoring Book On Mohammed and Ayish
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Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial Satanic Verses, said that he was disappointed in his publisher Random House for pulling an upcoming novel about the Prophet Mohammed.
“This is censorship by fear and it sets a very bad precedent indeed," said Rushdie. The Jewel of Medina is the debut novel from Spokane, Washington's Sherry Jones. It's a first-person narrative of Aisha, one of Mohammed's wives, and includes a mild account of the first time the two have sex.
Random House pulled the book when an early release of the novel began to elicit fears that their could be a similar violent response as the ones after the publication of Danish cartoons of Muhammad in 2005.
So, here's my question, if this book had to be banned for its depiction of sex between Mohammed and his nine year-old child bride Ayish, than should not the Koran and the Hadith also have to be banned?
- Salman Rushdie - Ingrate Of The Year
All the money we spent protecting this man, and he learned almost nothing of import about our culture. Next time you get yourself into trouble with Jihadists, why don't you have your friend Bono The Pussified Pacifist protect you, ok Salmanella?...
- How Islam Tries To Dictate What We Read
ieligious fanatics have been jailed for an attack on the UK home of a publisher. His “crime”? He dared to want to publish a novel about Aisha, the child bride of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Now, according to The Times, among others, three Islamic...
- A Surprising Interview With Sherry Islam-is-a-religion Of Peace Jones
ALTMUSLIM.COM: Back in April of this year, I received a phone call from University of Texas, Austin professor Denise Spellberg, an Islamic Studies expert in whose class I have guest lectured the past two years. She brought to my attention a book she had...
- Storm Track Intimidation: Danish Publisher Shows Its Anti-dhimmitude
The Danes continue to bristle at attempts by the Islamists to impose their will on a free society. Even us Random House refuses to publish the Jewel of Medina and shows their subservience to Islam, a Danish Publisher will not be so intimidated. Denmark...
- How Muslims Ensure More Publicity For What They'd Prefer To Hide
Sherry Jones's Aisha novel, The Jewel of Medina, has been withdrawn from bookshops in Serbia, lest it upset the religious sensitivities of religiously oversensitive Muslims. Indeed, there have been complaints from a "leader" there. The meticulously...