Asra Q. Nomani, herself a Muslim writes (and laments) today in the Wall Street Journal the story of a book never seeing the light of day.
Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled
weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the
prophet Muhammad. Ms. Jones learned Arabic, studied scholarly works
about Aisha's life, and came to admire her protagonist as a woman of
courage. When Random House bought her novel last year in a $100,000,
two-book deal, she was ecstatic. This past spring, she began plans for
an eight-city book tour after the Aug. 12 publication date of "The
Jewel of Medina" -- a tale of lust, love and intrigue in the prophet's
harem.
Read how and why the book got squashed. I personally am getting tired of "Muslim threats" on life and limb, on editors and publishers, on buildings and institutions. When is this going to stop? Religion of peace???? Please...