The launch of controversial novel The Jewel of Medina about the Prophet Mohammed has been postponed. American writer Sherry Jones has also delayed a three-day publicity tour of the UK for her book scheduled for next week. The novel focuses on Mohammed's relationship with his child bride Aisha but has been dismissed by one academic as "softcore pornography". The Jewel of Medina was due to be released by Gibson Square Publishers this month but two weeks ago the home of Martin Rynja, who works for the publishing house, was targeted in a suspected petrol bomb attack. Denise Spellberg, an associate professor of Middle Eastern studies at the University of Texas, was quoted in the US media as saying the Jewel of Medina took "sacred history" and turned it into "softcore pornography". A spokesman for Gibson Square Publishers said...
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