Remember last month when Newsweek published a report saying that the Koran had been flushed down the toilet in Guantanamo prison? How it touched off five days of rioting in islamic countries? Well there is a new book out (actually an old book) written in the 1800's that has just been lifted off the censored list in Egypt. It's the account of a christian minister about the early days of Islam. The book has been censored because of its unflattering description of muslims, calling them "locusts" and the Prophet Mohammed as an "imposter". The kicker is that the author's name is "George Bush" yep, George Bush and it turns out he's a relative of the President. The Egyptian press is calling the author a direct descendant, his great-grandfather but the White House is saying the guy is a distant relative, third-great cousin, 40,000 times removed. In my opinion this is big. Regardless if the author is a relative of the prez, it's got that name on the cover. I wouldn't have thought that this would be a big deal prior to the Newsweek riots but if that can touch off such angst how is a book written by George Bush calling the Prophet an imposter going to play? I don't think this will spawn immediate riots but I also don't think it helps at all and definately adds fuel to the fire.
