The Jewel of Medina
The story goes:
Random House pulled out from publishing The Jewel of Medina
but it was picked up by a British publishing house.
It was written by a Sherry Jones, not a Muslim (so what? Karen Armstrong is not a Muslim either), about Aishah, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Random House pulled out because of ‘possible’ Muslim outrage.
I think I am going to be ‘outraged’ too. I am terribly outraged. Perhaps I want to pillage, maim, burn effigies and bomb buildings… if I am not too lazy this month of Ramadhan. Oh, wait. I have to fast in the day, read the Quran, pray, help the poor and needy, help my Mom prepare for Eidul Fitr, etc. I think I’ll just let the protests pass.
But I am not outraged because a book about the Prophet is written by a non-Muslim. I haven’t read it yet so I wouldn’t know how it is.
I am outraged because the publisher decided to pull out just because of some perceived Muslim outrage (because of the book). Perceived. Not actual. Possible. Come on.
As if the only things a Muslim knows how to do is riot, pillage, maim, burn, bomb and shout slogans.
The Jewel of Medina, Sherry Jones, Karen Armstrong, Aishah, Muhammad, Ramadhan, Quran, Eidul Fitr