September 19, 2008
'The Jewel of Medina': Anatomy of a Ruckus
All happy book publications are alike — the book finally comes out. All unhappy book publications are unhappy in their own ways — except when they involve Islam. Then the story follows a familiar plot.
The latest uproar, over the novel The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones, a journalist who lives in Spokane, Wash., erupted this summer. It's not yet an international cause célèbre, because the manuscript remains accessible only to those who got early
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