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  • October 2008

    • Mohammad Child Bride Book Hits US Early

      Reuters  |  Oct 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      Mohammad Child Bride Book Hits US Early

      (Newser) - A controversial novel tracing the life of the Prophet Mohammed's child bride has been rushed out early by its US publisher, Reuters reports. The Jewel of Medina 's British release was suspended after its London publisher's headquarters was firebombed. Beaufort Books—which took the project after Random House dropped it amid fears of attacks—said it has not received threats, but hoped attention will shift to the book's merits. More »

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      Islam  • author  • extremists  • Mohammed  • Beaufort Books  • Prophet Mohammed

  • August 2008

    • US Publisher Yanks Novel on Mohammed

      Reuters  |  Aug 8, 08 3:25 AM CDT

      US Publisher Yanks Novel on Mohammed

      (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 prophet when she was 6—might rile Islamic radicals and endanger the lives of employees. More »

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      Islam  • Islamic extremists  • author  • novel  • Mohammed  • Random House

  • March 2008

    • Mohammed Cartoon Goes on the Market

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 1, 08 9:30 AM CST

      Mohammed Cartoon Goes on the Market

      (Newser) - Kurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most controversial of the Danish cartoons that sparked fierce Muslim protest in 2005, is looking to sell his drawing. The sketch of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban has sent Westergaard into hiding, under police protection, and potential buyers may be scared off at the prospect of a similar backlash. But ideas for the drawing's fate abound, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      protests  • Denmark  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • Mohammed  • editorial cartoons  • turbans  • Kurt Westergaard

  • September 2007

    • Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head of Cartoonist

      ABC News  |  Sep 16, 07 5:01 PM CDT

      Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head of Cartoonist

      (Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published the cartoon. The reward escalated to $150,000 should Vilks "be slaughtered like a lamb." More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Islam  • Muslims  • Sweden  • cartoon  • Danish Mohammed cartoons  • cartoonist  • Islamic State of Iraq  • Mohammed  • Islamist extremists

  • June 2007

    • Egypt Suffers From a Fatwa Free-for-All

      New York Times  |  Jun 12, 07 3:08 PM CDT

      Egypt Suffers From a Fatwa Free-for-All

      (Newser) - The credibility of fatwas, the religious rulings that guide daily life for Muslims, is being strained in Egypt, the New York Times reports.  A flap ensued recently when one authority ruled in favor of  drinking the Prophet Mohammed’s urine and another approved co-ed workplaces if the women breast-fed male colleagues to make them "family." More »

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      Islam  • Egypt  • law  • Muslim  • Mohammed  • fatwa

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