More religious censorship

It's not only Anglicans who get works of art censored. Muslims do it as well. And so do their friends on their behalf.

Freedom of speech and a free press have given way in the United States, and Random House has cancelled publication of a book and returned the rights to the author just six days before the scheduled launch.

The book is The Jewel of Medina (Wikipedia), a novel about Muhammad and his child bride A'isha. What happened is that an academic called Denise Spellberg (Wikipedia) at the University of Texas took it upon herself to 'warn' RH that there night be violence if they published it. The publishers then duly caved in.