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Publisher Speeds Up Release of Book About Muhammad
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With British publication in doubt for Sherry Jones’ The Jewel of Medina, the US publisher of the controversial novel about the Prophet Muhammad has moved up the release date from October 15th to Monday.
“By speeding up the publication, we wanted to reduce or eliminate the chance of violence,” Eric Kampmann, president of Beaufort Books, said Thursday, noting that three men were arrested in London last weekend for a fire-bomb attack on the offices of publisher Gibson Square.
Jones said she was not concerned about her safety. “I have spoken to a member of the FBI and have been assured I have not been targeted, so I will continue to go about my life as usual,” she said.
After the arrests in London, plans for the British release have stalled, although Gibson Square initially said it would release the novel this month. The Jewel of Medina is still scheduled to come out in more than a dozen countries, including Serbia, Italy, and Hungary.
Jones’ debut novel was supposed to be released in the United States in August, but publisher Random House Inc. changed its mind, saying in a statement that “credible and unrelated sources” had warned that the book “could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment.”
The novel is about Aisha, who according to tradition was nine when she became the wife of the Prophet Muhammad, and later a political and military leader in her own right.
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