Religious Censorship: Muslim Threats Prevent Publication of “Jewel of Medina”
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Thanks to the panicky reactions of University of Texas professor Denise Spellberg, outrage about a novel depicting the life of Mohammed's child bride Aisha has led Random House to nix its publication. I'm so pleased to see that Texas can now claim to be home to idiotic religious zealots of more than one stripe.
As reported in the Wall Street Journal today, Spellberg was asked to read the book for a possible endorsement. But:
As reported in the Wall Street Journal today, Spellberg was asked to read the book for a possible endorsement. But:
But Ms. Spellberg wasn't a fan of Ms. Jones's book. On April 30, Shahed Amanullah, a… Read More