Scotland Yard has foiled a terrorist plot against the publisher of The Jewel of Medina, a hotly controversial book that some Muslims find offensive.

A “petrol bomb” was pushed through the door of publisher Martin Rynja’s London home. undercover police, who had been following the suspects, quickly arrested three me and the fire was put out.

The source of controversy is a scene in which Aisha, the child bride of the Prohpet Mohammed, is described in an imaginary sex scene.

Random House withdrew the book’s publication in the United States because the publisher feared a violent reaction by “a small radical segment” of Muslims. The American author of The Jewel of Medina, Sherry Jones, says she has received death threats.

Wrote the Times of London:

“Yesterday, Natasha Kern, Jones’s agent, said she was shocked to learn of the attack. She said the book had been misinterpreted by its critics and did not contain sex scenes, as had been alleged.

“ ‘I honestly believe that if people read the book they will see it is not disrespectful of Muhammad, and moderate Muslims will not be offended. I don’t want anyone to risk their lives but we could never imagine that there would be some madmen who would do something like this. I’m so sad about this act of terrorism. Moderate Muslims will suffer because of a few radicals.’ ”

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