Men plotted against publisher of Mohammad book

by Michael Holden
Reuters
April 21, 2009

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1614/men-plotted-against-publisher-of-mohammad-book

Excerpt:

Two men admitted on Tuesday plotting to firebomb the London home of the publisher of a controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammad's child bride.

Ali Beheshti, 41, and Abrar Mirza, 23, were arrested last September after an arson attack on the house in north London where Gibson Square publisher Martin Rynja lived and had an office.

The attack took place shortly before Gibson Square was due to publish "The Jewel of Medina" by journalist Sherry Jones, which traces the life of child bride Aisha from her engagement at the age of six to the prophet's death.

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