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The author of a controversial novel about the Prophet Muhammad has postponed its UK publication.
American writer Sherry Jones has also cancelled her promotional tour next week for The Jewel of Medina.
The novel, which focuses on Muhammad’s relationship with his child bride Aisha, has been dismissed by one academic as “softcore pornography”.
A member of staff at its UK publisher in London was recently targeted in a suspected petrol bomb attack.
Three men have since been arrested and charged with conspiring to damage Martin Rynja’s home and office.
Denise Spellberg, an associate professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Texas, was quoted in the US media as saying the book took “sacred history” and turned it into “softcore pornography”. Baca entri selengkapnya » |
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Sumber : Daily Magazine via Yahoo! Alert, Posted on Tue, Oct. 14, 2008
By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. – Sherry Jones’
The Jewel of Medina reached bookstores Oct. 6 amid fears that the book about the Prophet Muhammad’s child bride might lead to violence and threats. But the author said she had received no threats and was spending the day quietly, except for talking to reporters and being photographed.Jones’ novel is about Aisha, who according to tradition was 9 when she became the wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and later a political and military leader in her own right.
“I’m going to a dinner party tonight, but it’s not in my honor or anything,” Jones said. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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Sumber :Charlotte Observer via Yahoo! Alert By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer, Posted: Friday, Oct. 03, 2008
LONDON Three men charged with plotting to attack the publisher of a novel about the Prophet Muhammad’s child bride made a brief court appearance Friday after being charged with plotting to damage the offices of Gibson Square publishers.
Ali Beheshti, 40, Abrar Mirza, 22, and Abbas Taj, 30, Beheshti also were charged with possession of a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of a noxious liquid or gas – reportedly a gasoline bomb. No one was injured in the incident.
The suspects were returned to jail and their next court appearance is set for Oct. 17.
They were arrested early Sept. 27 under anti-terrorism laws, but were not charged with any terrorist offenses. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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Sumber : Yahoo! News via Yahoo! Alert, Wed Oct 1, 7:06 AM ET
LONDON (AFP) – Author Salman Rushdie has no regrets about writing “The Satanic Verses“, he said in comments published on Wednesday, 20 years after the release of the book which earned him an Islamic death threat.
Rushdie, who lived in hiding under police protection for nearly a decade, made the comments amid concern over an attack in London on the publisher of a controversial new book about the Prophet Mohammed.
The Indian-born writer said he would regret not having written a book taking on major religious and philosophical questions.
“The question I’m always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history or does history make us? Do we shape the world or are we just shaped by it?” he said in an interview with Australian broadcaster Clive James.
“The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question and one that I have always tried to ask.
“In that sense I wouldn’t not have wanted to be the writer that asked it,” he added, in comments published on James’ website.
Rushdie, who was raised as a Sunni Muslim, has lived since 1989 under the shadow of an Iranian fatwa — or religious decree — calling for his death over his controversial book published the previous year. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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Sumber : Stuff via Yahoo! Alert Sunday, 28 September 2008
Terrorism arrests in North London have been linked to plans to publish in New Zealand and Britain a controversial book on the prophet Muhammad and his child bride.
The arrests are connected to a fire at a property in Islington, north London, which is used as the home and office of Martin Rynja, a publisher whose company, Gibson Square, plans to publish in New Zealand the book The Jewel of Medina, The Telegraph reported.
The blaze may have been started by a petrol bomb pushed through the letterbox.
Initially, three men, aged 22, 30 and 40, were detained at around 2.25am. Two were stopped by armed officers in Lonsdale Square, and the third was seized when a car was stopped by armed police near Angel underground station. The men were arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
A major publishing group, Random House US, announced in May this year that it was dropping its plans to publish the debut novel by American journalist Sherry Jones, of Spokane, Washington, following warnings that it could incite acts of violence from radical Muslims. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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Sumber :BBC News, 04 September 2008 via Yahoo! Alert
The cover of the scrapped US version, as seen on amazon.co.uk
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A controversial novel about the Prophet Muhammad and his child bride, scrapped in the US, will be released in the UK.
Last month, publisher Random House cancelled the US publication of The Jewel of Medina, by Sherry Jones, fearing it could offend Muslims.
Random House said it had been advised the book “could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment”.
But independent UK firm Gibson Square will publish the book next month saying its release is “imperative”.
The novel follows the life of A’isha, often referred to as Muhammad’s favourite wife, from her engagement at the age of six until the prophet’s death.
Martin Rynja, of Gibson Square, said there must be “open access to literary works, regardless of fear”.
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He added: “If a novel of quality and skill that casts light on a beautiful subject we know too little of in the West, but have a genuine interest in, cannot be published here, it would truly mean that the clock has been turned back to the dark ages.”
Jones, a US journalist, has defended the book to German newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung.
“To claim that Muslims will answer my book with violence is pure nonsense,” she said.
“Anyone who reads the book will see that it honours the prophet and his favourite wife.”
Her agent, Natasha Kern, said the book was “a wonderful and inspiring love story”.
She added that there were also plans for the book to be released by other publishers in other parts of western Europe, as well as in North America. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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Oleh Eraintermedia
Ibadah shalat telah dilaksanakan oleh hampir seluruh kaum Muslimin di dunia. Namun demikian, kaum Muslimin dengan beragam pendidikannya, tidak memiliki kemampuan yang sama untuk mengkaji
tuntunan ibadah agamanya.
Ada di antaranya yang melaksanakan ibadah karena ikut-ikutan ada yang melaksanakannya berdasarkan tradisi yang dijumpai di sekitarnya, meskipun ada sebagian yang menjalankannya berdasar dalili secara benar. Demikian juga dengan ibadah shalat dan yang mengiringnya, seperti bersuci,azan, membaca wirid dan lain-lain Baca entri selengkapnya »
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Sumber : Yahoo! News, 03 September 2008, 28 minutes ago
BERLIN – A historical novel about the prophet Muhammad and his child bride that was pulled by Random House over concerns it would anger Muslims will be printed by another German publisher, the author said in an interview released Wednesday.
Germany’s Leipziger Volkszeitung newspaper said Sherry Jones told them her debut novel “The Jewel of Medina” will be published in October in English. The American author declined to identify the publisher or give other details, but dismissed concerns it could provoke violence, the newspaper reported.
“To claim that Muslims will answer my book with violence is pure nonsense,” Jones said. “Anyone who reads the book will see that it honors the prophet and his favorite wife.”
Random House Publishing Group, which is owned by German media company Bertelsmann AG, has acknowledged pulling the novel about Muhammad and his ninth wife, Aisha. Baca entri selengkapnya »
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