..make cartoons of a Muslim prophet there is a great uproar, but when a Muslim artist [M.F. Hussein] paints pictures of Hindu Goddesses in pornographic poses hardly anyone's even heard about it?
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because Hindus do not make that much noise. we ignore it and move on.\n\nthere is another aspect. have not you read about some people who protested . they were labeled as communal. \n\nsomehow Hindus in Indian media and so called intelligentsia thinks that it wont be secular to oppose such acts. many call it freedom of expression and speech.\n\n hussain has done it for too many times. he calls it his art of expressing. somehow he forgot to keep it nude when he painted his mother.
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God, what sly Islamic Propaganda!?\n\nAren't you Muslims so very patent in your deceit?
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i'm in awe....i am not a muslim...and i have never really taken the time to find out anything more about the religion than what i hear on the news or even here on 'yahoo answers"......however if this is really part of the muslim faith......then i think that it is definitely wrong and of pedophile material......CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.....
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lol ur quest might b offensive for the ppl.....i dun appreciate such quests but i respect it coz u were not being offensive like those ppl askin quest wid Mohammed's Cartoon in their display....\n\n\n\nHoly Quran cannot be altered, coz the moment somebody try to alter it, its mathematical composition will affect, no one can create tht composition except God...so its simply impossible
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Why not a crescent moon? And why don't you read the answers to your other questions instead of spewing out more questions that are thinly disguised rehashes of the same Muslim-bashing rhetoric. Please educate us.....
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Doesn't it seem as if people cling to their beleifs so hard, they will refuse to acknowledge anything that might question that? I mean, what if you found out that your Mom was a crackwhore for the first half of her life and you were the offspring of her pimp? (no offense to any mothers. This seems to be the case. besides, those 2000 year old beleifs, were the beleifs for 2000 years. This Da Vinci schmuk has just surfaced as a new beleif that can be considered by the mases. Or is it... global warming? I haven't read the book nor seen the movie, but I am familiar with the subject matter through schooling. When in school, or watching a movie that makes you think, it is enlightening. If we did not question things, there would be no need for Jesu, right? Why stop questioning now. I apologize, but it seems this Da Vinci controversy has surfaced the weakest of humans and found great fault in religion just by questioning it, whether true or not. The uproar confirms this. And for the twist... I agree with the author of this question, maybe not in the exact same sense. But I am God folks, not the one you all know, but my own. Think about this concept! What does God do for you? What is his purpose? Can these things be accomplished by yourself? It can be done.
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Good question, Muslimah!! I, for one, am also curious.\n\nBut here's my $0.02... people are intimidated by dissenters. They are fearful of those who do not share their faith, and even those who laugh at it.
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I don't think they're overeacting at all. It's very offensive toward the entire church and faith community. Someone draws a cartoon of Muhamad and it causes worldwide rage among Muslims. This movie completely shoots down the credibility of the Christian faith - and sadly - a lot of people buy into these theories. I think it's only rational to be upset - if you're a Christian period - not just a Roman Catholic.
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a great man and a prophet of God that if people truly live by his example this world will be a much much better world.\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Muhammad-Life-Based-Earliest-Sources/dp/0892811706/ref=pd_sxp_grid_i_2_0/104-3017691-6887937\n\nthis is one of the best books written in English and the author is a non Muslim.\n----\nedit: wanna comment on secular's answer!!\n\nwe don't see the Prophet as a supernatural person, in fact he never claimed divinity and ALWAYS referred to him as a slave of God and a human being like every body else.\nso no we don't think he was a divine, we just know he was an example of what a human being should be like. that's all.
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interesting, all the prophets before Mohammad (salla allahu allihe w sallam) mentoin prophet Mohammad .some bad people hide it .
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Muslims have a rule that bans painting any picture of Islam holy men and a caricature of Islam prophet surely brings anger to Muslims so the question is why a danish newspaper has published such a debatable thing.\nI think at the moment we need peace not fights.
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Nothing at all as I believe everyone has the right to free speech and if we start banning things because it offends some people then where do you draw the line\n\nThe cartoons were just that - cartoons.  Meant to be taken lightheartedly and not even published with the intention of causing offence.  When it's put into context Islam is one of the lesser mocked religions as I believe a lot of people are aware of the sensitivities that may be aroused in Muslims by speaking out against what to them is more than just a religion being as it is, a way of life.\n\nIn any event, there have been far more cartoons about Christ than about Muhammad (PBUH) and often much more hateful and disparaging.\n\nI don't have a religion as such and if I did it would probably be Baha'i which is effectively where the individual takes strands from different religions and lives their life according to them.
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You sure do come up with some strange questions?  Are you making them up or spending too much time on conspiracy websites?  Just asking because I can find no evidence that libraries are pulling the Qur'an.  I've borrowed one from the local library in the past because it has more detail on the Arabic than the translation(s) I have at home.  \n\n   Muhammad was not under the influence of any mind-altering substances when the Qur'an was revealed -- unless you consider God a mind-altering substance.  \n\n   No "dire situation" for Muslim clerics to investigate, at least not in libraries.  And, as has already been pointed out, Muslims do not chant or pray to Muhammad, they chant and pray to God.  And God listens, so it is not in vain.
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i don't think all the muslims in this site are recieving money to correct what has misunderstood about muslims. \n\nand apologists for what? i think muslims are the one who need apologies. \n\nabout murder, terrorist, child molester ...etc. \n\ndid you know that when he started to spread his message. people went against him even much worse than you did. \n\nyour problem is not Muhammad. your problem is understanding who is God is. that's the problem for many people. they have draw an image about God in their mind and said "whatever dosen't fit that image in my mind cannot be my God!".\n\nMuhammad had tender heart toward womens, orphans, poor, captive of wars, neighbour (even if he was not muslims), peace to those who came for peace, forgiving, loving. \n\nYou should not hate Muhammad, but you have to love him instead. He does not do things from his own. He does what God commanded him to do without questioning God. He put his life infront of Death, he put his life in risk calling people toward God. because the Hell isn't a joke. He wants to save as much people as possible and God told him:\n\nQuran ch28\n[56] Verily you (O Muhammad (peace be upon him)) guide not whom you love, but Allâh guides whom He wills. And He knows best those who are the guided.
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This link gives more details\nBecause the core of the story is not related to the printing of the orignal and "genuine" 12 cartoons...\n\nAt the end of the link, the dark brown pics are the added cartoons that many say, the Danish Imam added when he wanted to create reactions from the muslim countries (5 months after the incident !).\n\nIf you have, like the Mufti of Marseille would say, maturity in your faith (if you are Muslim) the 12 original Cartoons should not make you react. Like the Mufti of Marseille says, Mr. Benchek, freedom of speech has been an essential aspect of how muslim live in the West. The reactions are proof that Muslims are not strong in their Faith and feel insulted for just a few pics of bad taste (he was reffering to ONLY the original Cartoons and not the Mysteriously 3 added ones...)\n\nMake sure you read throughly to distingish what is said.... Because if you only "look" you will be another one of the manipulated persons, which ever side of the coin you are on.\n\nCiao !
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*Shaking my shaggy skull* While I believe that bounties to kill, killing, violence of any kind is wrong, seems a lot of people either forget or just dun understand some basics...\n\nTop of the list, that cartoon to a Moslim is highly highly insulting thing and basically is like 2 "You shall have no other gods besides Me...Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..."\n\nI mean how would a christian feel if a cartoon was made showing say jesus performing homosexual acts? They wouldn't like it, not one little bit and would be screaming bloody murder...\n\nNext, frankly the Middle East has gotten the short end of the stick from the western society for a loooooooooong time. Now the top superpowers are invading them one country at a time. They are fed up and I dun really blame them for it.\n\nLastly the cartoonist should have known better, so should have the papers that printed them. When the Moslims said "Hey, we don't like that!" an apology should have been made right then and there. But instead all they got was arrogance.\n\nNow before anyone says "But we have freedom of speech and creativity." Do we really? I certainly couldn't put the before mentioned cartoon of jesus in a national/continental newspaper. It would have been nixed purely because it would upset people.\n\nSo before calling them insane, imagine how you would feel if the roles were reversed and it was your savior that was shown in a nasty light...
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They do have one thing in common.  Neither Allah nor Ares exist.  The Quran has one thing right, if translated, "There is no God but God," but Muhammed is NOT his prophet.