About this book
Kahlil Gibran's spiritual masterwork in which the prophet Almustafa, about to sail home after twelve years, is asked by the people of Orphalese to speak on love, marriage, children, joy, sorrow, freedom, and death. One of the best-selling poetry books of the 20th century. Banned in Lebanon and some other Arab countries at various points for perceived blasphemy and for Gibran's syncretic mixing of Christian and Sufi Islamic mysticism.
Why it was banned
Banned or restricted in Lebanon in 1981 because authorities or religious groups considered its treatment of religion blasphemous or doctrinally unacceptable.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1981lifted | ReligiousBlasphemy | ||
| Condemned by the Lebanese Maronite Church for Gibran's unorthodox, syncretic spirituality. Gibran had earlier been excommunicated by the Maronite Church. | ||||
