The Jewel of Medina : Firebomb Attack on Book Publisher

I remember reading a few weeks ago that Random House canceled their contract to publish the book The Jewel of Medina...Really scary stuff.

"The London home of the publisher of a controversial new novel that gives a fictionalized account of the Prophet Muhammad's relationship with his child bride, Aisha, was firebombed yesterday...Written by US journalist Sherry Jones, the book was due to have been published in August by US giant Random House. But amid controversy the company halted publication, a move denounced by Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, as 'censorship by fear'..."

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