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Prophet's child bride book "The jewel of Medina" appears in US
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by Amitjha | October 7, 2008 at 12:50 am
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Finally a book, controversial before the launch,"The jewel of Medina" appeared in US maket.The story of prophet Mohhamad's child bride is going to attract heavy criticism from islamic world.This Sherry jones novel has been in controversy since the publisher of the book has been attacked in Britan.some of the suspect of the attack has been arrested.
The topic of the book is very controversial.Booker award winner, Salman Rusdi, is still under the threat of Fatwa, since the release of his book Satanic verses, of similar nature.
Beaufort Books said it was publishing the novel ahead of schedule so it could be assessed on its merits as literature rather than the potential offence it could cause to Muslims.
Beaufort's president, Eric Kampmann, said: "We felt that... it was better for everybody... to let the conversation switch from a conversation about terrorists and fearful publishers to a conversation about the merits of the book itself."
Random House said it had been given advice that the book might be offensive to some in the Muslim community.
Riots erupted in many Muslim countries in 2006 over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.
Ms Jones said she did not know whether Gibson Square would proceed with publication in the UK.
Ali Beheshti, 40, Abrar Mirza, 22, and Abbas Taj, 30, have been remanded in custody until 17 October over the attack.
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Amitjha
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at 04:48 on October 7th, 2008
Amitjha, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 22:44 on October 7th, 2008
We Muslims are ready to clear misconception for people who are in search for truth. However, we cannot help those people, hearts are locked like salman rushdi or sherry jones etc. They always try to maline Islam. They dont have nerve to have public dialogue. We have got scholar Zakir Naik challanges the world to have public dialogue. I would like to conclude by quoting the verse of the glorious Quran which says When Truth Has Come Falsehood is Perished, Falsehood Is By Its Nature Bound To Perish.