Censorship in the Study of Early Islam

Censorship in the Study of Early Islam

Censorship in the Study of Early Islam
Philip Wood Comment This article argues that an important driver for complaints about anti-Muslim blasphemy has been the political and legal environment of Pakistan. It examines a case where an academic text on early Islam was suppressed because of fears over its reception in Pakistan. It argues that university presses ought to keep open a space where ideas can be critiqued in a non-polemical fashion, but that, in…