Sometimes common sense wins.I learned from Roosfa Hashim's article in Utusan Malaysia today that Karen Armstrong's A History of God which was officially banned in May 2005 is now now longer on the banned books list and is beginning to reappear in the bookshops.
That's nice. But have they unbanned her biography of Muhammad. That's the book I want to read.
ReplyDeleteGreat news! This is a book I want.
ReplyDeleteAnd at a certain bookstore here, we're celebrating by giving it 20% discount. ;-)
ReplyDeleteShould never even have been banned in the first place!
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I saw copies of it on display at both MPH and Borders at The Curve this afternoon. They obviously had stock and the book was just banned and they didn't have to surrender their stock.
ReplyDeletedoubt it, chet. books aren't warehoused that long usually.
ReplyDeleteNow MPH and/or Karen Armstrong should have a "BANNED IN MALAYSIA !" sticker on the book :)
ReplyDeleteWhy this book should be banned? No need to do this. Let ppl think & read. After all, this is a kind of democracy, rite?
ReplyDeleteFor me I believe in Islam & will be forever.
Two books, The Missing Page and Ransom By Douglas Chua, have been banned (too) by KDN Johor Bahru, Johor
anon - yes, nothing sells a book like being banned
ReplyDeleteweb sutera - well said.
chua's books were not actually officially banned and i think now should be available again. maybe we should investigate
Dear Sharon,
ReplyDeleteI hv Chua's books & already read. Really good.
very interesting book. bought it years ago while I was searching for truth.
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