{"id":2220,"date":"2008-08-29T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/08\/manufactured-muslim-outrage-ov.html"},"modified":"2008-08-29T10:00:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T10:00:59","slug":"manufactured-muslim-outrage-ov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/08\/manufactured-muslim-outrage-ov.html","title":{"rendered":"Manufactured Muslim Outrage Over &#8216;The Jewel of Medina&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"jewelofmedinapic.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/jewelofmedinapic.jpg\" width=\"156\" height=\"240\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>It wasn&#8217;t big news, but it was making headlines in the publishing world when a new book called &#8220;The Jewel of Medina&#8221; about Aisha, the last wife of The Prophet Muhammad, hit the stands and stoked some controversy&#8211;not because of Muslim outrage, but because of a <em>perceived <\/em>Muslim outrage.<br \/>\nWritten by Sherry Jones (a non-Muslim), the book chronicles Aisha&#8217;s life and imagines her relations with her husband&#8211;The Prophet Muhammad. Apparently there are some racy scenes. And when a University of Texas professor who was invited to comment about the book said that it might offend Muslims, Random House yanked it as quick as a dangling loose tooth. Because, you know, if a Muslim is outraged, the only thing he\/she will do is riot, burn, pillage, and maim.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nBut, as Beliefnet&#8217;s newest blogger, Aziz Poonawalla pointed out in his <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/\" target=\"_new\">City of Brass blog<\/a>, there has been no outrage. Many Muslims have spoken up about free speech, defending the author&#8217;s right to pen the book. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/08\/the-jewel-of-medina-manufactur.html\" target=\"_new\">Read what Aziz has to say<\/a>. You may be surprised&#8211;and see that Muslims are as diverse and varied, as anyone else, in our opinions and how we express them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t big news, but it was making headlines in the publishing world when a new book called &#8220;The Jewel of Medina&#8221; about Aisha, the last wife of The Prophet Muhammad, hit the stands and stoked some controversy&#8211;not because of Muslim outrage, but because of a perceived Muslim outrage. 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