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Posted on 02/20/2006 8:57:32 PM PST by markman46
Muslims ask the West to agree that mocking a religion is unacceptable By Sabiha Khan Khan is communications director for the Southern California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in anaheim l on American-Islamic Relations, based in anaheim For the past few weeks, Muslims from all over the world, from Morocco to Indonesia, have been protesting a series of cartoons that depict Islam's Prophet Muhammad in a most insulting and disparaging manner. While some protesters have resorted to violence, which Muslims wholly condemn, the majority of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims feel deeply hurt by these cartoons, and many have engaged in peaceful protests. To characterize the maelstrom as a "pro- vs. anti-free speech" issue is to misunderstand it. Muslims believe in freedom of speech and Islam advocates it. Muslims also know that if freedom of speech or expression were ever curtailed, they, as a minority group, might be among the first to fall victim. However, freedom of speech is not a pretext to incitement and hate. With freedom of speech comes great responsibility. Many in the West, including Americans, are perplexed as to how cartoons could enrage so many Muslims. Basically, there are religious and political reasons for the reaction.
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Hey Muslims, I think that blowing Christians up and not stopping your fellow Muslims from denying the Holocaust is unacceptable. Why don't you stop?
The cartoons are an outrage, but murdering innocent Christians is Nigeria is okay.
Is this clown for real?! What the hell do the Arab media, governments, mosques, men in the streets, etc. etc. do against Jewish people!
It's time to pull the black power plug on the insane murder cult.
Sounds like a plan!
It was the same after 9/11 -- Ibraham Hooper on the CAIR web site instructed Muslims to use the opportunity to teach Islam. His message for America was, "The event [his word] was horrible, stop picking on us, let us teach you about Islam."
When CAIR produces "Who is Muhammad and Why Does He Say Those Awful Things About Jews" then I'll watch.
And without free speech--- I guess you're absolved of any responsibility.
Cartoons seen as sign of comtempt
for a contemptible religion.
Just a VALIDATION of the cartoons!!!
And our yellow journalists will be oh so understanding.
Politically, quite a few Muslims around the world fear that these cartoons are a manifestation of the contempt they feel the West has for them.
"Politically, quite a few from the West around the world fear that these beheadings, bombs, and other murders are a manifestation of the contempt they feel many Muslims have for them."
There are always at least two sides -- unless you are a radical Muslim.
Well they are certianly seen that way now.
Neither are cartoons satiring mohammed a pretext for rioting, burning embassies, destroying private businesses and murdering Christians; but that is precisely what islam is basing their primitive, barbaric behavior on.
These base human beings remind me exactly of African killer bees. One of them gets excited about something and they all swarm into an instinctive killing mode and start stinging the perceived "threat" to death. Even when the percieved threat superficial or remote, the frenzied insects overreact and continue stinging the "threat" long after it's dead.
Christians were Nazis? That's interesting, what else can you pull out of your arse?
What a great quote.
This woman is an idiot. The Jews were not exactly murdering the Nazis. This is distorted logic, even for a Muslim, or Muslim apologist.
Flame away you "moderate Muslims" - I know you are out there.
Here's a tip! It IS a sign of contempt.
Islam is a contemptible religion.
My,My, doesn't he just look so purdy in pink!
Cutting heads off, blowing up innocent people. Hanging burned bodies from bridges, and we are supposed to understand why they are offended by a couple cartoons?
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