The Jewel of Medina & yet another Muslim 'moment'
By now, I expect that all of you have read about the latest object of blind Muslim rage..
Plans for the British publication of a controversial novel about a young wife of the Prophet Mohammed have been postponed following a firebomb attack at the publisher's London office.
Martin Rynja of Gibson Square books intended to publish 'The Jewel Of Medina' by U.S. writer Sherry Jones.
It brings to mind this little piece that appeared in The Spectator in July…
People keep discovering things that a few noisy Muslims can be persuaded to be offended about – statues of pigs in a Midlands park, a police poster involving a dog. How about croissants next? A reader reminds me that they were first made to celebrate the defeat of the Turks by Jan Sobieski at Vienna in 1683. How much longer will European society be permitted to serve this daily humiliation to Muslims with their continental breakfast?
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I plan to buy a copy, even if I never get around to reading it, just so I can add to the cumulative annoyance of that particular mob. I'll display it on the shelf next to my copy of the Satanic Verses.
I am working my way slowly and painfully through the Koran (know your enemy), but I really don't get it. And I have yet to locate the surah or passage that forbids drawing political cartoons of Mohammad or writing fiction about his wives. I suppose that something is lost in translation.
Posted by: Bob in San Diego | October 5, 2008 1:37 PM
Ich bin ein Infidel! And thankful for it too! I'm thinking about getting a button made with that slogan, and maybe a bumper sticker as well.
Posted by: Bob in San Diego | October 5, 2008 1:41 PM
I work in the IT area and heard that UK will have(or already have) a lack of people in this area, it's a long shoot but I would like to get a work up there. Just thinking if I will find a caliphate when I get there.
Posted by: Túlio Fernandes | October 10, 2008 5:26 PM