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A note to my publisher, Regnery Publishing: thanks for having some courage, in this time when it is so urgently needed. "Publisher Pulls Book On Muslim Violence," by Shlomo Greenwald in the Jewish Press:
The latest example of radical Muslim interference with free speech took place without even a hint of a fatwah.Last week a book publisher told Nancy Kobrin, a psychoanalyst and lecturer on counter-terrorism, that they were withdrawing the publication of her book, "The Sheikh's New Clothes," because they were afraid of fundamentalist repercussions, according to Kobrin.
The book, subtitled "The Naked Truth about Islamic Suicide Terrorism," tackles the psychology of fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and tries to understand the roots of their radical behavior.
Kobrin had been working on the book for about a year, and signed a contract with Looseleaf Law Publications in September 2005. The book was scheduled for publication in about a month.
Asked why her book would raise such concerns, Kobrin said, "I think it's sort of the third rail to look at Muslim violence as coming from the family."
"People are very uncomfortable with it," she said. In the book, Kobrin asserts that both family dynamics and the degradation of women in Muslim society, among other causes, have influenced the radical behavior of Muslim extremists.
According to Kobrin, Mary Loughrey, a vice president with the book publisher, called to tell her that "because of security reasons they feared for the safety of the staff and themselves."
She said Loughrey mentioned Muslim reaction – including calls for assassination – following Pope Benedict XVI's recent speech as part of the reason they were concerned.
Looseleaf Law Publications specializes in law-enforcement and criminal justice titles for professional readers.
This would have been the first published book for Kobrin, whose clinical expertise focuses on post-stress disorder. Kobrin has written many articles, including several with author Phyllis Chesler, who wrote the introduction for the book.
"If the Western world continues to give into and appease violence of jihadists, if we're afraid of violence against us for speaking the truth, then we're lost," remarked Chesler, who said that Looseleaf is "not the bad guy" and that she understands why they made their decision.
Kobrin and Chesler said that the U.S. Army has used parts of an earlier manuscript of the book to help train their soldiers in its psychological operations unit. Kobrin has also lectured at Army and Air Force bases.
Chesler said that since Looseleaf's withdrawal has generated interest on a couple of blogs in the last few days, two other book publishers have approached her about reading the manuscript, and that both said they would not be afraid to publish the book.
Looseleaf Law Publications would not confirm the book's withdrawal.
Posted by Robert at October 4, 2006 5:22 PM
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Actually, I was kind of encouraged that I could get your book online through Barnes & Noble. Wasn't it Borders who placed Korans above the Bible and refused to carry some controversial books? B&N, Borders, it's all the same to me. I wouldn't be too surprised if even online availability stops...
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at October 4, 2006 5:35 PM
Nancy Kobrin should consider making that book available in an e-book template, and making it available on the internet. There are models, like O'Reilly & Associates' Safari subscriber models under which she could re-coup some of her costs. Also, printing expenses would be eliminated.
As it is, most people now go to the Internet for their news. Don't be surprised if books follow - also avoids billions of slaughtered trees.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at October 4, 2006 5:55 PM
I am new to commenting on this account, but have been diligently reading jihadwatch for almost 3 months. After reading this article, I went to Loosleaf's website and encouraged them to reconcider their decision. I often feel that I can't do much about the world situation, partly because of the size of the problem, but also because my health mostly confines me to home. However, this WAS something I could do, and I would encourage other readers to do the same. I've learned so much from other post-ers! Thanks.
Posted by: ladykatie at October 4, 2006 6:15 PM
How long is it before other publishers and then the press use this type of self curtailment of articles and books before we lose our right of free speech. This is a slippery slope that has to be avoided. These people should read the founding documents on which this country was founded and think about how many people died to keep these ideas in practice. This editor would have fit in very well with an totalitarian state in history.
Appeasement solves nothing!
at October 4, 2006 7:18 PM
How long is it before other publishers and then the press use this type of self curtailment of articles and books before we lose our right of free speech.Because of self-censorship like this, we already have lost our freedom of speech. Soon it will be time for the American patriots to regain it as our ancestors did. There is a 2nd Amendment because there is a 2nd Amendment. There is a 1st Amendment because there is a 2nd Amendment. Posted by: Hulegu Khan
at October 4, 2006 7:38 PM
Lonewolf and Hulega Khan...
Freedom of The Press is only free if you own a printing press. Get One!
This is the marvel of the Internet, that we can communicate with others yet enjoy somewhat minimal distribution costs. Obviously, we are currently piggy-backing on the JW/DW server. I have no idea what the cost is to maintain it and keep it up and running. I am sure that Robert, et al, will not turn down rivers of money to help pay the bills.
I will now note the following...I believe I have noted this book before, and for new visitors to JW/DW who are not aware, I do so here again:
It is entitled:
Female Warriors of Allah / Women and the Islamic Revolution.
by Minou Reeves
Copyright 1989. ISBN: 0-525-24712-2
Published in the USA by: E.P. Dutton / New York
Published in Canada by: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Ltd., Toronto
I found it years ago in a remainder bin. Good read. You may search around on Abebooks and see if you get a hit. Maybe the publishers will issue a new edition.
Posted by: SCV at October 4, 2006 8:11 PM
Yet another freedom being eroded by Islamaniacs.
Now we know a little of how it's like to live in Iran. Disgusting!
at October 4, 2006 9:22 PM
This situation should completely shatter the myth that greedy capitalists love money more than life.
It is unbelievable that a combination of political correctness and fear of maniacal muslims is paralyzing the media in the U.S. Publishers; newspaper reporters; television news producers, radio stations; public web sites--all engaging in self-censorship to avoid offending an alien, bellicose, IMPLACABLE group of religious fanatics. This is the most disgusting, cowardly, and self-defeating show of gutless appeasement I have ever witnessed.
Every new incident of obsequieous surrender to tyrannical islam inspires me to work even harder to spread the warnings and truth about islam. If nobody caved to muslim threats and fear of muslim violence, the savages would give up and shut up because they sure as hell can't kill everybody connected to the media. They continue their rampages because they work!
And muslims wonder why we despise islam?! My abhorrence of islam is absolute; I don't think I could hate it any more if I tried.
Posted by: Susanp at October 4, 2006 10:32 PM
Don't hate the religion. You may, however, hate the people. I hope her book would have mentioned the main cause of radicallism (sic?) today. American interference and meddling! That is the other side of the coin that the biased and bigoted choose to ignore. The secret report which Bush was forced to declassify after its leak says that Iraq and the World is WORSE OFF than before US invasion!! So much for the 'war on terror', more like the 'War on Freedom'.
Look at the political atmosphere today! How did we get here? It's due to the foolish policies and actions of a superpower whose only agenda is world domination (whether the worlds likes it or not!)
Wake up and smell the roses!
at October 4, 2006 10:43 PM
Cancelled books. Censored YouTube. Death threats made, death threats carried out. Desires to appease that would include cancellation of an opera by Mozart, in Germany, or the censoring of the tolerant Danes in exercising their right to free speech, the right recognized in the advanced state of Denmark, and all over the advanced, Western world, but not in Islam.
This has a name.
It is called A Reign of Terror.
Who wants to submit, and who does not?
Posted by: Hugh at October 5, 2006 12:30 AM
Kalam, Muslim radicalism is mainly the result of Islam encouraging fanaticism and at some point ( soon I hope, since things seem to be coming to a crisis) its incapacity for moderation will cause its downfall.
Posted by: wallyUK at October 5, 2006 12:53 AM
Kalam
The 'religion' is what's the root of all that evil. I don't blame the brainwashed people in the madrassas from Fez to Brunei; I blame the pedophile prophet who started this cult. If only Mohammed's mom had a miscarriage, imagine the billions of people who wouldn't have died or otherwise suffered at the receiving end of Jihad.
If you have to lie to yourself, suit yourself. Don't try pulling off that excrement on us.
Posted by: Infidel Pride at October 5, 2006 12:54 AM
Kalam:
We dont hate people!
I do, however, loathe and detest Islam, which I believe to be truly evil.It is beyond evil, for it is, without doubt, satanic.
This evil rains rockets on Israel and blows up trains for no other reason than this is what evil does.
Islam has no place in civilised society!
Posted by: Sencit at October 5, 2006 1:20 AM
"Don't hate the religion. You may, however, hate the people." -- kalam
No, you've got it backwards. Besides, you probably don't even realize that most people here are/were/remain against the invasion of Iraq.
Hating Islam isn't the goal either though it's hard not to when you see the violent intolerance it inspires in its followers.
Sounds like you've been reading the Noam Chomsky crap that Hugo Chavez pushed at the U.N.
at October 5, 2006 1:53 AM
Kalam,
there is hardly a person who comes to this site who now recognizes that the argument regarding US meddling in Middle East affairs is nothing more than a ruse to further the ends of the Islamo-facists.
The violence that we see today is rooted in the religion. Islam was spread by the sword. It was a case of either submit to Mohammed or die. If the town refused to submit then Mohammad's warriors were let loose uponn the townsfolf and in this way thousands upon thousands were killed by Mohammed and his followers.
After reading some extra material regarding temporary marriage, I am even more disgusted about the behaviour of Mohammed. He was a totally unsavoury man in my opinion. I believe that the evil itself goes back to Mohammed.
The people known as Palestinian are not people who are ethnically from the land of Canaan. Most of them actually belong to Jordan, and others belong to Syria. They took the land from the Jews in the first place. The land does not belong to them, and they have no right of native title.
Islam did not exist before the 7th century, so there is no relationship between Abraham, Moses, Jesus and the Mohammed. Mohammed is a false prophet and we can see that because of his fruits. They are rotten fruit, though there are some good people who are still caught up in Islam. They fear leaving because they could get themselves killed.
At the very heart of this theocracy is the way in which the people who follow Islam are bullied. Anyone who dares to leave Islam is a target to be murdered. All of this is the exact opposite of the values that God established through Abraham, Moses and especially through Jesus.
The way of Christ is the true peaceful way for the world. However, Mohammed had got himself caught up with the Arian heresy and so he rejected the Trinity, which is not three Gods as claimed by Mohammed, but one God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Mohammad's vision of God is the direct opposite of the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus taught that our God is a Loving Father, a Just Judge, Compassionate and Merciful. He taught us that God is LOVE.
Love and hatred are the opposite sides of a coin. You will find that we do not hate Muslims when we speak our opinion, and we do not hate the religion. Rather, we see what is happening in the world today in the name of Islam, and we do not find it to be something that is peaceful.
As far as the author is concerned, I think that her book should be published. Anything that throws light on the psyche of three year olds who are constantly throwing a tantrum is more than welcome. In the past it was Alice Miller who wrote on a similar subject, touching upon the motivations of Adolf Hitler. It is not an attempt to condone what happened, but an attempt to penetrate the psyche of those who are determined to be murderers as well as committing the ultimate crime of suicide.
Yes, I have a real down on those who commit murder-suicide because that is something that has personally touched my family. It was not through terrorism, that is a bomb, but the family member was shot in the head. The one who murdered her and then committed suicide, also kidnapped and raped the family member. He was a bully, and he had no discipline, thus he thought that he had the right to take the wife of another man. His attitude is very similar to those who commit murder-suicide by blowing themselves up. Their actions are carefully planned. That makes them very dangerous, but there must be a reason for this form of lunacy.
Posted by: Maggie4Life at October 5, 2006 4:07 AM
Instances like this should encourage somebody to create a website where all of the politically incorrect books and documents about Islam ever written can be posted for people to read for free in addition to this book on suicide bombers, the website could include all of the books written by Robert Spencer, Andrew Bostom, Bat Ye'or and others. The Internet is the last place where such information can still be freely distributed.
Posted by: Christian at October 5, 2006 8:52 PM
kalam, i really do feel for you, and all muslims who are committed to this cult, i am sorry there is no better name for it. you simply can't see, its like chronicle of reddick, you are can't see its rather sad. the problem sir is not the people its the ideology(islam) that has turned them all into what the have become,
reading you comment i can your love for IT but that the more reason why you are also dangerous and that is the fact.
just open your eyes see what islam is doing in the so called islamic world and indeed the rest of the world.
by the way sir, its not the US foriegn policy its islam, 'cause its alway been this way.
let me give you an example in 1982 muslims in northern Nigeria killed over 3000 people the were simply slaughtered with a KNIFE there was no US and isreal there just Muslims, again just about 2 weeks ago another 16 churches were burnt by muslims in Nigeris, no US or isreal just muslims, list is really unending.
please open your eyes "you can only judge a tree by it friuts" not what you make of it. islam offers nothing good and that is the truth just death, distructions and subjugation that all.
i had to leave islam fast once i openned my EYES.
at October 6, 2006 9:38 AM
Kalam, you are blaming the USA for "interference and meddling" and "the foolish policies and actions of a superpower whose only agenda is world domination (whether the worlds likes it or not!)"
Please, Kalam, don't insult my fellow Americans, especially Texans, with your horseshit.
Sure, a war in the Middle East may have attracted some of your idiotic brothers to join jihad. So what? They would have joined eventually anyway. In Texas, we corral the mavericks in one place and do the castrating and branding all at once. It's what we do with unruly animals.
In the meantime, let's take a look at all this interference and meddling.
What was America's involvement in the muslim OCCUPATION and COLONIZATION of Spain? Where did America go wrong?
What was America's interference and meddling in the muslim INVASION of Austria-Hungary? What fault did America exhibit?
What was America's transgression that encouraged the muslim seige of Constantinople? What interference is America guilty of there?
What was America's fault in the muslim invasion and colonization of Cyprus, Lebanon, Gibraltar, India? What should America have done to avoid these things?
Do you think we are fools??
Or are you one??
Is America at fault because a muslim girl is restrained by her mother while her father cuts out her clitoris? Is this a foolish American policy? Should America meddle in this? Can muslims be trusted to end this practice by themselves?
Is America to blame because muslims believe in killing the victim of rape instead of killing or jailing the rapist? Is this another example of a foolish American policy? Should America do something to end this? Should America interfere?? Do muslims want to change this practice?
Is America at fault for the lack of education among muslim women? Among muslim men? Is this widespread ignorance a result of American interference, or American policy? Which?
Is America to blame for the cruel and unusual punishments that muslim law inflicts on its subjects? Why does muslim law result in stoning for adultery and mutilation for petty thievery? Is it the result of America's policy? Which policy? Did America interfere in something?
But we read your drivel. It's no better reasoned than the usual drivel we read and hear from other ignorant muslims.
Nevertheless, America is blamed. One would think that such a terrible war-mongering nation, as you have indicted America to be along with its "interference and meddling" and "foolish policies," would still be running the show in Germany and Japan, at the very least. North Africa and France, too, as we cleared those areas with our British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand friends. And where are our OCCUPATION TROOPS in Czecholsovakia, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Italy, Luxemborg, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Norway, Denmark, Singapore, Phillipines, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia?
Wait!!
Malaysia? Indonesia? Aren't those countries islamic? Where is the American interference and meddling?
Again, I ask: Do you thing we are fools? Or, are you one?
Posted by: texan
at October 6, 2006 8:22 PM
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