Comments on: Sherry Jones: “We must speak out for free speech” http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/ for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Film protests about much more then religion | Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-15599 Film protests about much more then religion | Index on Censorship Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:56:44 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-15599 [...] MohammedWhen we succumb to notions of religious offence, we stifle debate, writes Salil TripathiSherry Jones on why UK distributors refused to handle her book The Jewel of MedinaTalk about this storyYou can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.« [...]

]]> By: Islam blasphemy riots now self-fulfilling prophecy | Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-15532 Islam blasphemy riots now self-fulfilling prophecy | Index on Censorship Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:38:41 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-15532 [...] MohammedWhen we succumb to notions of religious offence, we stifle debate, writes Salil TripathiWhy are UK distributors refusing to handle The Jewel of Medina? Sherry Jones discussesKenan Malik explains why free expression is now seen as an enemy of liberty Talk about this [...]

]]> By: The Samosa » Archive » WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ISLAM http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-14778 The Samosa » Archive » WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT ISLAM Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:50:25 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-14778 [...] to publish The Jewel of Medina, a fictional account of the life of Mohammed’s youngest wife, by Sherry Jones. But, as bothKenan Malik and Nick Cohen have described elsewhere, the firebombing may not have [...]

]]> By: UK: Publishers coward for Islam: We can’t publish this « The Muslim Issue http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-14742 UK: Publishers coward for Islam: We can’t publish this « The Muslim Issue Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:32:50 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-14742 [...] to publish The Jewel of Medina, a fictional account of the life of Mohammed’s youngest wife, by Sherry Jones. But, as both Kenan Malik and Nick Cohen have described elsewhere, the firebombing may not have [...]

]]> By: We need to talk about Islam | Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-14704 We need to talk about Islam | Index on Censorship Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:23:03 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-14704 [...] publish The Jewel of Medina, a fictional account of the life of Mohammed’s youngest wife, by Sherry Jones. But, as both Kenan Malik and Nick Cohen have described elsewhere, the firebombing may not have [...]

]]> By: Amit http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-1347 Amit Sat, 23 May 2009 18:51:20 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-1347 “The review suggests that the book is poorly conceived and badly written and the excerpts support that view.”

Brian, how is the above statement of yours regarding quality of the book (subjective), relevant or material to the issue of freedom of speech/expression? Could you please explain? Thanks.

]]> By: Karl Pfeifer http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-1341 Karl Pfeifer Thu, 21 May 2009 09:24:06 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-1341 Dear Sherry Jones,

When David Irving was imprisoned in Austria because he violated an Austrian law, there was a lot of protest in the UK. Even some Left-liberals argued, that there should be “freedom of opinion” in Austria to deny the crimes of the National-Socialist.
Why do those same people not react in your case?
Kind regards
Karl Pfeifer, Vienna

]]> By: Sherry Jones http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-1340 Sherry Jones Wed, 20 May 2009 16:13:18 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-1340 Cannonball, thank you for your support! Brian, I respect your opinion, but I’m not suggesting anyone “go to the barricades” for my book. Free speech and freedom from intimidation is what we should be defending.

]]> By: Brian Finch http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-1339 Brian Finch Wed, 20 May 2009 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-1339 I must admit that I have not read the book, however I have read some excerpts together with a review. The review suggests that the book is poorly conceived and badly written and the excerpts support that view. So whilst it is horrifying that pusillanimous publishers and distributors defer to ignorant, illiberal and self-appointed defenders of their version of Islam, maybe this is not the one to go to the barricades for.

]]> By: Cannonball Jones http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/sherry-jones-we-must-speak-out-for-free-speech/#comment-1338 Cannonball Jones Tue, 19 May 2009 15:50:22 +0000 http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=2983#comment-1338 Hope you managed to get it released, it always alarms me how little backbone certain people have in the face of a few insane extremists. The attitude that anything which could be even vaguely construed as offending religious sensibilities is somehow evil is even more worrying. Best of luck to you and I’ll be buying a copy.

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