FOX News, of all places, reports on the fact that Sherry Jones, author of The Jewel of Medina, has found a publisher for her book. Random House, her original publisher, infamously dropped her book from their list last month, in fear of retribution from Muslim extremists. This article also notes that the book has found a publisher in the UK. Good for both publishing houses.

U.S. Publisher Picks Up Controversial Novel About Muhammad’s Child Bride
Jana Winter

NEW YORK — The controversial historical novel based on the life of Prophet Muhammad’s child bride will finally find its way into American bookstores next month.

Sherry Jones’ “The Jewel of Medina” will be released in October in North America by Beaufort Books, which also signed on for the sequel, which will come out next year, FOXNews.com has learned.

Last month, Random House pulled the plug on Jones’ novel just weeks before it was to be published because of fear of violent reaction by Islamic extremists.

But the controversial novel has found new life.

“I had hoped to find an independent publisher with gumption and verve that would treat me as a partner in the publishing process, and that wouldn’t be spooked by controversy, recognizing it as a stimulus for discussion of my books’ themes of women’s empowerment, peace, and hope,” Sherry Jones said in a statement.

“We are building a great team to bring ‘The Jewel of Medina’ to the audience it deserves to have,” Beaufort President Eric Kampmann said in an e-mailed statement. “Everyone at Beaufort is proud to be associated with this ground-breaking novel.”
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The website provides a link to the novel’s prologue, which tells the story of Aisha’s having spent a night in the desert, later accompanied back to town by an unrelated male. That, of course, caused the tongues to wag and led to an admonition about gossip.

Prologue to “The Jewel of Medina.”