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| Serbia: Book withdrawn for being insult to Muslims |
| 2008-08-18 |
| The Islamic Community in Serbia said on Monday it was not satisfied with the withdrawal of Sherry Jones' novel, The Jewel of Medina, from the country's bookshops. Referring to the book released by Belgrade publisher Beobuk three weeks ago, the organisation's leader Muamer Zukorlic said it was "offensive to Muslims" and demanded all of the published copies be handed in. He also called for director Aleksandar Jasic to repent for what he had done. After an initial complaint from the Islamic community, Jasic apologised saying the company "had no intention of insulting Muslims in Serbia" and announced the book would not be available in any bookstore in the country. But Zukorlic said on Monday that this was not enough. "Jasic needs to sincerely repent because of the incident he caused," Zukorlic said. Zukorlic has already compared The Jewel of Medina with the Mohammed cartoon controversy in Denmark. "Obviously someone wishes to join the ranks of those who produced the cartoons in Denmark several years ago and it is an insult to all Muslims of the world, especially for us here in Serbia," said Mufti Zukorlic. The book was due to have a world premier in Serbia, since its US publisher decided against selling the book fearing the reaction of radical Muslims. Jasic explained that Macedonia, Croatia, Spain and France had also bought the rights for the book. The novel is a love story about the life of Aisha, the seventh wife of the Islam prophet Mohammed, and follows her life from her betrothal to the prophet when she was six-years-old. According to the novel, Aisha was Mohammed's favourite wife and he died in her arms. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 I forgot what I was going to say. |
| Posted by: Griling Black1455 2008-10-01 15:08 |
| #11 OH yeah, I forgot to tell y'all. DOn't step in the data analysis. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-08-18 21:31 |
| #10 Things can seem SO connected, huh? Like this: Data Analyst Da ta Anal yst Damn that Anal Cyst Hey, now IÂ’m making sense like you! Co-o-o-o-o-o-o-ol |
| Posted by: Hyper 2008-08-18 20:06 |
| #9 DA really is right out of central casting, isn't he? |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-08-18 19:55 |
| #8 Ouch. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-08-18 19:52 |
| #7 Fox Amerikans African Americans, native Americans and now Fox Americans?? They are taking this animal rights stuff waaay too seriously! |
| Posted by: badanov 2008-08-18 19:52 |
| #6 A hole somewhere, at any rate, badanov. As you point out, they don't know what to do with it anyway. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-18 19:47 |
| #5 Every American president since FDR has suffered being called or compared to Hitler. Nowadays it is almost axiomatic that any new president will be compared to Hitler. Obama will be called Hitler if he gets the White House. John McCain will be compared to Hitler if he wins. It's part of our national landscape. Any more it means that those who come to boards and websites to spew this garbage know no more about American politics than they do about f*cking. Doesn't mean it's true; it just means that some folks can't tell the difference between a national socialist and a hole in the ground. |
| Posted by: badanov 2008-08-18 19:38 |
| #4 America's alcoholic president is owned by Saudi Arabia. He spoke out against "blasphemy" against their cult. If you support that piece of crap, then you are in the anti-blasphemy camp. If the shoe fits, don't try to take it off. Germans loved Hiter; Fox Amerikans love Bush |
| Posted by: Data Analyst 2008-08-18 19:14 |
| #3 Publisher Random House's lame apology is at this URL: http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/medinaletter.html |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-08-18 17:09 |
| #2 The book was due to have a world premier in Serbia, since its US publisher decided against selling the book fearing the reaction of radical Muslims. Oh the utter lack of backbone coupled with supreme hypocracy. ...and follows her life from her betrothal to the prophet when she was six-years-old. According to the novel, Aisha was Mohammed's favourite wife... From what I understand this is pretty much canon, historically speaking. Sorry you bunch of unbathed murderers are offended that the founder of your bloodthirsty "religion" was a pedophile. |
| Posted by: DLR 2008-08-18 15:11 |
| #1 I'm offended that you're offended! |
| Posted by: Spike Cheatle4034 2008-08-18 15:00 |