Censorship in the Study of Early Islam. Issue 2 (19th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wood, Philip
• Is Part Of: Cyber Orient. Volume 15:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 78
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2022-01-19
• Subjects: Censorship -- early Islam -- blasphemy -- Pakistan -- Britain; Digital media -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 306.0956
• DOI: 10.1002/cyo2.18
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1804-3194

Abstract

Abstract: 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 this case, the globalized network in which university presses operate has served to stifle open discussion.