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US Publisher Yanks Novel on Mohammed

Random House feared violence over work on prophet's child bride

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 8, 2008 3:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Random House has pulled a book about the life of Mohammed due to be published this week, Reuters reports. The company feared that The Jewel of  Medina, a historical novel and love story about Mohammed and Aisha—a child bride who was engaged to the...   Read full story »

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