tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post2281336055994298860..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Extremists Attempt to Burn Out London Publisher of The Jewel of MedinaSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-56551724908641931592008-10-03T21:24:00.000-05:002008-10-03T21:24:00.000-05:00My impression is that the book covers the "marriag...My impression is that the book covers the "marriage" at that young age but that it does not include any scenes involving bedroom scenes and the like. <BR/><BR/>I assume that the relationship is explained in terms that do not add to the indecency of the situation through unnecessary details or language. I hope that I am right because I have no interest in reading it otherwise.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-37402268055516498762008-10-03T20:39:00.000-05:002008-10-03T20:39:00.000-05:00Then it is indeed fiction. In reality, there was, ...Then it is indeed fiction. In reality, there was, and there still is. The official minimum age of marriage for girls in Yemen is 9 precisely because Mohammed married Aisha when she was 9. The stories of abuse of little girls in that country are horrific, all the more so because it is all perfectly legal under sharia law.Island Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849847888802951587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-84297818389166207182008-10-03T19:40:00.000-05:002008-10-03T19:40:00.000-05:00As I do, Sylvia, but I don't think this one is any...As I do, Sylvia, but I don't think this one is anything like what you fear it might be. The author has said that there is NO SEX in this book at all, in fact.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-29018336635317578752008-09-29T23:19:00.000-05:002008-09-29T23:19:00.000-05:00I'd consider buying a copy, to make a point, but I...I'd consider buying a copy, to make a point, but I don't want to read a book that glorifies a marriage between an older man and a 9 year old girl! I find pedophilia offensive...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-2981681357186602002008-09-29T20:25:00.000-05:002008-09-29T20:25:00.000-05:00Sharley, those folks are still living in the Dark ...Sharley, those folks are still living in the Dark Ages and they will not be satisfied until the rest of us join them there. They need to be fought as hard as possible so that this kind of thing stops...read the book and push it among your friends.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-80805666420040462162008-09-29T20:24:00.000-05:002008-09-29T20:24:00.000-05:00Put it on your TBR list, Jeanne, and tell others a...Put it on your TBR list, Jeanne, and tell others about it. We need to push this book as much as we all can...sweet revenge.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-31167726672760756202008-09-29T20:23:00.001-05:002008-09-29T20:23:00.001-05:00Gotta agree, J.S., totally ridiculous and somethin...Gotta agree, J.S., totally ridiculous and something right out of the Dark Ages.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-11123299339744244682008-09-29T20:23:00.000-05:002008-09-29T20:23:00.000-05:00Exile, I don't know why this is being kept relativ...Exile, I don't know why this is being kept relatively quiet the way it is. I hope the world is not so jaded about terrorism that it accepts this kind of thing as normal and not newsworthy.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-86075375255876452002008-09-29T20:22:00.000-05:002008-09-29T20:22:00.000-05:00Jena, I hope that this book gets enough publicity ...Jena, I hope that this book gets enough publicity that it sells enough to hit best seller lists everywhere...the perfect revenge on extremist nuts like these.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-1131455365785933052008-09-29T20:21:00.000-05:002008-09-29T20:21:00.000-05:00John, I'm like you. I simply can't imagine wantin...John, I'm like you. I simply can't imagine wanting to kill someone because of what they wrote in a book or helped publish. Now, if bad authors were on my hit list, I'd never catch up... :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-27921894330495246472008-09-29T17:23:00.000-05:002008-09-29T17:23:00.000-05:00I have never understood why some people try so har...I have never understood why some people try so hard to have books banned and not read by anyone. I also think it is very wrong of anyone to hurt others over what someone else has written. It is a shame that we still have people today who would rather see a building destroyed and people possibly hurt than to have a book read.Sharley Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881954824558336377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-2949160675854561612008-09-29T11:45:00.000-05:002008-09-29T11:45:00.000-05:00I can't believe anyone would do such a thing. In m...I can't believe anyone would do such a thing. In my mind, people who protest so strongly about books must be afraid of the ideas held within them- which probably means they hold some truth. Must read this book now.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-55740095274232258032008-09-29T09:26:00.000-05:002008-09-29T09:26:00.000-05:00That's just plain old ridiculous. No two ways abo...That's just plain old ridiculous. No two ways about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-79023804965066015182008-09-28T18:07:00.000-05:002008-09-28T18:07:00.000-05:00Why is this not being reported?Why is this not being reported?Benjamin L Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489486832142866020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-80905336510254027362008-09-28T12:31:00.000-05:002008-09-28T12:31:00.000-05:00Yeah, what John said. Thanks for posting about thi...Yeah, what John said. Thanks for posting about this--I hadn't heard. (And now I want to read the book!) And just when people in the States (and elsewhere) are considering the implications of banning/censoring books... What timing.Jenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832420356107544084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-21291918025259395812008-09-28T12:08:00.000-05:002008-09-28T12:08:00.000-05:00I don't know what anyone could ever publish in a b...I don't know what anyone could ever publish in a book that would make me want to firebomb. I have to admit a perverse curiousity into minds that can become that passionate about something. I'm glad no one got hurt.John Mutfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08730205221787092204noreply@blogger.com