http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22610/salman-rushdie-jewel-medina http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22610/salman-rushdie-jewel-medina#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:13:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22610 Satanic Verses author Sir Salman Rushdie has spoken of the need to ask questions about religion in the wake of the row about a new book on the Prophet Mohammed.

Muslim hate criminals recently firebombed the home of a British publisher of the novel, Jewel of Medina. The US publisher of the book, Random House, cancelled publication for fear of violent reprisals.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22610/salman-rushdie-jewel-medina/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22560/muslim-terrorists-arrested-for-arson-attack-at-publishers-home http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22560/muslim-terrorists-arrested-for-arson-attack-at-publishers-home#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:24:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22560 Police in London are holding three suspected terrorists after a weekend arson attack at the London home of the publisher of a novel about the Prophet Mohamed's child bride.

Two Muslim hate criminals said that further attacks would be "inevitable" if publication of the novel, The Jewel of Medina, goes ahead as planned next month.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22560/muslim-terrorists-arrested-for-arson-attack-at-publishers-home/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22198/jewel-medina-denmark http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22198/jewel-medina-denmark#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:06:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22198 The Jewel of Medina tells the story of Aisha, one of Muhammad's wives, from the age of six to 18 when Muhammad dies.

It was bought by Random House US for a reported advance of $100,000, but then dropped after the publisher was told by academics and security experts that publication was potentially more risky than Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses and the Danish publication of cartoons of Muhammad. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22198/jewel-medina-denmark/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22053/medina-jewel http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22053/medina-jewel#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:36:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22053 A novel about the child bride of the Prophet Mohamed has been withdrawn by Random House, which said it feared that publication of the book could "incite acts of violence". Critics, however, have accused the publisher of abandoning the principle of free speech and caving into pressure from extreme Islamist elements.

The Jewel of Medina, a debut novel by the US journalist Sherry Jones, was due to have been published next Tuesday, and Random House had scheduled an eight-city publicity tour. But in May, the publisher abruptly informed her that all plans were now off.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22053/medina-jewel/feed 0