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March 1, 2007
No. 781

Visitors to Riyadh Book Fair Remove Books About Love and Religion

Several Saudi publishers complained that visitors to the international book fair in Riyadh tried to remove books about love and about religions from the booths. One of the publishers commented: "The problem is that they have not read the books. The title of one of the books refers to Jesus, but it [is actually a book] that defends Islam. [Those visitors] thought it was a book against Islam, and that's why they tried to remove it without permission."

Source: Al-Watan, Saudi Arabia, March 1, 2007.

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