Thursday, June 14, 2012

A tribute to the Prophet’s feminist leanings becomes the target of religious and academic outrage

A tribute to the Prophet’s feminist leanings becomes the target of religious and academic outrage

Jones and her novel, The Jewel of Medina, are subjects of debate from Egypt to Italy to Serbia, where 1,000 Serbian-language copies were printed before the publisher backed out, too. Ironically, Jones began with a pro-Islamic mind-set when she began writing in 2002. After the September 11 attacks, she began to research the status of women under Islam. And she came to a conclusion: the Prophet supported more rights for women than do many of his modern followers.

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