Book on Muslims' sex lives stirs outrage

A BOOK titled Weird Sex Culture that looks at the sex lives of China's Muslims has sparked outrage in the northwest.

Protests have broken out in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ninxia provinces, which have large Islamic populations.

Beijing was extremely concerned about the controversy and had ordered a ban on the publication, an official said.

Several teams of officials had been sent out to retrieve and confiscate copies of the book, he said.

'The book is pornography,' the source said. 'Some of the chapters touch on the sexual behaviour of ethnic minorities, particularly the Muslims.

'The author used a pseudonym and the book claims it is printed by the Henan Publishing House,' he added.