No, Faisal, my favorite reference in this response is that it is inconceivable that people do atrocious things in the name of the prophet and Muslims mostly ignore it. Then a cartoon to satrize this happens and everyone all of a sudden wants to show him respect. As if killing innocents in his name isn't a much more disprectful act. If these killers-in-his-name would be ostracized and we had this world wide anger over it, these cartoons never would have been published.
I am not saying the protestors are 'terrorists'. But I believe the cost will be a further divide between Muslims and non-Muslims. People may hesitate to hire or rent to Muslims. Investors may not invest. Westerners will lose respect for Islam. Me personally, it doesn't change a thing in my life, including how I view Islam or Muslims.
There is no need for this. It makes Muslims look like a lot of uneducated, uncivilized animals.
There is a positive message too behind all this rage that is being shown on TV...
Now the entire world knows how that Muslims don't like mockery of their faith...No doubt, some cheapsters and dregs of society will use this to mock our faith even more, but it would guarantee that mainstream media outlets would not resort to this...
And if they did, you can bet it would be totally out of hatred...
And since when did Muslims started worrying about image? Jesus was the most sublime person in character, did that stop him from being crucified? You are not your brother's keeper...
And bad image in front of whom? Those who go around naked in front of strangers? Or whose female relatives sleep around? Or who eat pig, drink alcohol and who have no sense of morality except fake niceties...You are ashamed in front of them?
Come on man...Keep your head up high...The most wisest and noblest of people have been thought of as worse...Are you better than them?
Who cares if Muslims are stereotyped as uncivilized and uneducated...People thought 9/11 would be bad for the Muslims...12,000 to 25,000 people were reverting every year in USA alone...After 9/11, 100,000 and more people are reverting per year...And 4 to 7 out of 10 people reverting are women, despite such incredibly negative stereotyping against Muslims and Islam...
Look at the silver lining my friend...That's what counts...
do you reckon that Jesus should be printed carpet bombing baghdad and Iraqis, seminole, since most of them that do are card-carrying members of the faith?
In any case, I think burning and destroying Danish consulates and embassies all over the world is a refreshing expression of freedom of expression and free speech. You can't make any mistake about the intent of these people. There is no confusion. Its all very simple and clear. You screw with us, and we screw you. Not literally, ofcourse, but you get the idea.
Well, wouldn't that just prove the cartoonist's point, then? (referring to the one of Prophet Muhammad(sws) with a turban shaped like a bomb). The focus of that was that Muslims are "terrorists". Doesn't public destruction just make the situation worse?
Khotay de Khur, would you like a bamboo erected in the arse of hanoman and published in all news paper as my freedom of speech? sorry can't be polite than this...
Every action has its equal and opposite reaction! Well first u terrorizes them and then it is your turn to get terrorize. This is all in the name of Free Dome of Speech
Because the terrorists obviously think he did encourage terrorism. They are the ones insulting your prophet, and they are where the Muslim anger should be focused. The cartoonist draws from their actions, not the prophet.
...and that is where he made a mistake. He should've mocked the terrorist, since they were the ones responsible.
Yes, the terrorists do believe that Prophet Muhammad(sws) encouraged terrorism, and they were idiots to do so. So is the cartoonist, in depicting the Prophet Muhammad(sws) to be a terrorist, let alone drawing an image of him.
Ok Faisal - I think it was a bad idea for them to publish the controversial cartoons. And republish them.
But it's not going on about terrorists, yada, yada, yada. I repeat it because no one will address it. Why won't anyone admit that it is a bad idea for terrorists to say they are following the teachings of the prophet? Because if they weren't, it would be finito. No one would be drawing these cartoons
These cartoons weren't thought up in a vaccuum. People are right, for every action there is a reaction.
Why such an outcry over the depiction of Prophet Muhammad(sws) as a terrorist and the lacking of an outcry against those who use his name to commit terror? This is really baffling.
Seminole, why do you keep bringing the terrorists statements in this topic? They have nothing to do with the issue at hand. Lets see the same effing european newspapers create cartoons making fun of Holocaust...Lamps made out of jewish skin come to mind...How is them apples? Do you like them? Want some more?...Oh you say its wrong...oh exactly, mocking Islam's most revered personality is wrong also. Please dont preach the muslims about freedom of speech when the euros dont have the balls to apply it equally to all religions.
Thats because people can claim any idiotic thing that they want. And you have a perfect right to make cartoons on those idiotic people. You don't take what a moron is saying and start insulting someone who is revered by a large population.
Timothy McVeigh could claim that he bombed in Oklahoma in the name of Jesus Christ. That doesn't mean people should start making cartoons of Jesus Christ, it just means you can mock the terrorist tendencies of Timothy McVeigh.
Ok, bad example, because you guys have no scruples in making cartoons, or for that matter, R-rated movies about Jesus Christ, but muslims, kinda keep a more respectful approach towards their Prophet (Peace be upon him), and all other Prophets, and everyone, may as well keep that in mind. You are free to make as many cartoons of Osama. Heck, muslims do that too, multiple times a day.
Faisal, you are preaching to the rocks (under the dome....). I am extremly disappointed with these two self proclaimed liberal friends of mine ...How can they not use their common sense to understand this sensitive issue.