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Courageous Denmark to publish Sherry Jones’ The Jewel of Medina
Jyllands Posten ^ | 8/25/08 | Democrat for Bush

Posted on 08/25/2008 5:02:28 AM PDT by Democrat for Bush

Denmark is again ready to exercise its free speech and press principles by releasing a controversial novel about Mohammed's child wife An American novel about the 6-year-old wife of Mohammed, Aisha, may end up being released in Denmark

(Excerpt) Read more at jp.dk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: islam; mohammedanism
To quote Gary Fouse, "Add Random House Publishing House to the list of cowardly Westerners who are submitting to the threat of Islamic anger. Now the esteemed publisher has announced that they are suspending publication of a controversial novel by Sherry Jones entitled; The Jewel of Medina-an account of the marriage of the Prophet Mohammed with an 11-year-old bride, Aisha. The author's Serbian publisher has also pulled the book.The article is from the English version of Jyllands Posten, the same newspaper that courageously first published the cartoons. Let's hear it for Denmark!
1 posted on 08/25/2008 5:03:03 AM PDT by Democrat for Bush
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To: Democrat for Bush

It may be time to buy Jarlsberg cheese and their cookies again.


2 posted on 08/25/2008 5:07:32 AM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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To: Democrat for Bush

...I hope the Danes make a ton of money off this book...take that Random House!!


3 posted on 08/25/2008 5:36:48 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: Stepan12
It may be time to buy Jarlsberg cheese and their cookies again.

Jarlsberg is Norwegian, buy Havarti (creamy cheese,) Carlsberg beer, Danish Lurpak butter, etc. All goes well together with the "pop-corn" event (the rat party) this week!!!

4 posted on 08/25/2008 5:54:28 AM PDT by danamco
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To: Democrat for Bush

I for one will buy at least one copy.


5 posted on 08/25/2008 6:15:46 AM PDT by bamagirl1944 (That's short for Alabama, not Obama)
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To: STONEWALLS
”...I hope the Danes make a ton of money off this book...take that Random House!!

Don’t worry about Random House. All they need to do to make up for any lost revenue is publish a couple dozen more anti-Christian books. Problem solved!

6 posted on 08/25/2008 6:29:36 AM PDT by ArchAngel1983 (Arch Angel- on guard)
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To: danamco
Jarlsberg is Norwegian, buy Havarti (creamy cheese,) Carlsberg beer, Danish Lurpak butter, etc. All goes well together with the "pop-corn" event (the rat party) this week!!!

Yeah... Must've been confused.

Thanks for the info.

7 posted on 08/25/2008 5:50:18 PM PDT by Stepan12 ( "We are all girlymen now." Conservative reaction to Ann Coulter's anti PC joke)
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