Self-censorship in Dusseldorf

by Monitor
MediaWatchWatch.org.uk
October 5, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/489/self-censorship-in-dusseldorf

Excerpt:

A German crime novel has been withdrawn from publication at the last minute because of fears that it will spark a violent reaction from Muslims.

To Whom Honour is Due, by Gabrliel Brinkmann (writing under the pseudonym WW Domsky) concerns an honour killing. For some reason, the publisher Droste Verlag, thought it had better send the manuscript off to an "expert on Islamic society" for their opinion.

It is reported that one particular phrase troubled the expert, who suggested that the author change it. The phrase occurs in a dialogue, and is somewhat implausibly translated as

'You can shove your Koran up …'

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