Friday, August 8, 2008

Publisher pulls plug on Islam fiction

A division of Random House has pulled the plug on a work of fiction because of threats over its description of the lives of Mohammad's wives, and an expert on terrorism says the decision marks a significant advance in the Islamification of America because "some Muslims now feel free to make threats of violence even in the U.S."

The comments from Jihad Watch author Robert Spencer said it was the Random House division Ballentine Books that make the decision. He said the company "readily folded, rather than show some guts and stand up for the freedom of speech."

The book was supposed to be "The Jewel of Medina" by Sherry Jones, and the problem was highlighted in a column by former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani in that news publication.

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