Have you been upset by the cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad?
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I argee with you 100%. I couldn't have said it any better than you did.
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The cartoon of Mohammed with a bomb on his head was totally out of line. It stereotypes Muslims, and implies that Islam is a religion of violence and suicide bombing. These generalizations are unfair and unnaceptable. Islam is a religion of peace - a way of life. There are just those who misunderstand, and those are the ones that get all the attention. There are good Muslims!\n\nI DON'T agree with the way Muslims reacted. What are they angry about? The cartoonist implied that Muslims are VIOLENT, and they reacted with VIOLENCE. That's not protest, that's proving a the cartoonist's point. And that just makes me sad...
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I am a christian. I have nothing to do with this. I live in the USA.  I looked at the cartoons, and I think they were attempting satire.  Some cartoons were neutral, but I could see how others may offend you. I understand your feelings. I think I might be offended if they made cartoons of Jesus like this..There are stupid people in the world who are not sensitive to God or the feelings of others....there is no way to make stupid people smart....I would like to at least say I am sorry for you that this happened....I pray that this unhappy situation gets resolved, and the Danes apologize to you....and you can go back to living in peace....Since I do not live in Denmark, I cannot help you.  Maybe you can contact the Danish Embassy in your country and complain there....I can try to contact the embassy here in the USA and tell them that this is offensive to you....there would be more peace on earth if people would just love each other, and not hurt each other's feelings....
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It is a good question, and something that I as a muslim, get very upset about.\n\nFirstly as I am sure you know Islam Completely against Violence.\n\nI think we as muslims do not do enough to make this clear to non- muslims. And we let the fanatics takes over Islam.\n\nThere is a victim mentality, that is always blaming somebody else for what is going wrong. Also there is a problem that muslims to not like to criticise other muslims, even if there are doing something totally wrong.\n\nI live in England, and I have muslim friends who will not condemn the suicide bombers in London because they are muslim, and they say they must have right reasons in their mind for that act. \n\nMany people protest about the Americans in Iraq, quite rightly, but more muslims are killed by other muslims like Zarqawi. I don't see too many people outside Iraq rushing to protest against his actions. Most people are against is actions but why are they quiet. He is as big a evil as Bush.\n\nFor the cartoons I was against them, and I am lucky to live in a country where they are not published, but by protesting against in the way they proved the cartooners right. (it was unaccept for some muslims to say kill all danish) And why do people not get as upset bu terrorist attacts in the name of Islam?? These are REALLY a blaspheme against god.\nAlso it is very unfortunate that some muslims make simular cartoons against jews. The Iranian newspapers response to run a cartoon about the horoculst was appalling and un Islamic. I sometimes think Muslims have double stands like the their criticise the west as having.\n\n\nThe media DO high light bad behaviour by muslims over good, \nBut we are often to blame because WE donot make our voice strong enough when other muslim do bad things in the name of Islam.\n\nIt is easy to fall in a victim mentality, when people attack us and become defensive. \nBUT it is better for us to PROVE the attackers wrong by confronting people who misuse islam..
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Surely you know that Muslims believe a depiction of the Prophet (or anyone, really) is blasphemous imitation and a violation of God's prohibition of "graven images".\n\nFor that matter, no one has a clue what the apostles, or Jesus, really looked like.  All those portraits are symbolic.
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Yes.  There are a few of them, and you can find them listed here, along with an analysis of the controversy:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons
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You don't see Jews protesting against people that don't eat kosher food.  You don't see Christians setting Cartoon Network's flag on fire because they use Jesus in South Park.  It's one thing to be upset about the cartoons, but to set fires and hold up signs that say "europe will see it's own 9/11".  To threaten against innocent people who had *nothing* to do with this is blasphemous, because life is sacred.  It's a picture, a cartoon that was printed in a country that has freedom of speech and press.  If you don't like it, then don't look at it.  I know it's against their religion, but if I'm not a part of that religion then those rules do not apply to me.  They are just looking for more reasons to be angry against democratic countries...  (just look at Iraq, their people marched about the cartoon...  maybe we are actually seeing some improvements over there).
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How does anyone know what Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) looks like? How do you know those cartoons are of Him? Just because someone says "look, I drew this man and he is Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)", will you believe that??\nWhere were these rioters when Muslims were killing others in the name of Prophet Mohammed, PBUH? I feel that the insult caused to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)'s name by killers who kill in His name is a 1000000 times worse than these silly little cartoons.\n\nWomen are killed in honor killings in the Prophet's name and no one is upset. Innocent people like Danny Pearl are beheaded on camera and no one is upset. And yet some Danish newspaper publishes some silly cartoons and the whole Muslim world is suddenly upset. When will the followers of Islam look inside and realise how much the religion has been destroyed from inside??\n\nAdded later:\nNow you have used his name on this page. What does that mean? Muslims should realise that just because THEY don't do something, it does NOT mean that the rest of the world can't do it.\nExample: Muslims eat beef, which is holy to Hindus. You don't see Hindus upset about Muslims eating beef!\n\nWhy were there no riots when an Edyptian paper published the cartoons in October: http://egyptiansandmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/02/boycott-egypt.html
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Knowing that Muslims get so angry, I would not do that or condone anyone else doing it.  But this world is not perfect and people can express themselves even if it offends others.  I am Christian and they recently published a cartoon about Jesus that is so bad that I will not even say it here.  There is nothing I can do about it, but I will say one thing, Jesus can take care of himself and he has big shoulders that can take a lot of abuse.  But when he has had enough, people just up and go away.  I do speak up but never take physical action against another, but God does take them off the earth all by himself.
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i think this will answer you , whatever your question is \n\nthe abuse is being from the following aspects :\n\n1- muslims never had the drawing of thier prophet mohmmad peace be upon him approved or accepted by all mean , since we were in kindergarten they taught us about him , about how did he struggled to awake the mankind by teaching them the REAL islam , the religion of peace and love ,which nobody knows about it today , you only know the damaged version , the tortured-image version , so they never told us this is his picture , we didn't wish to see his face as much as we wished to be capable of applying all things he ordered us to do and follow , that's why we feel insulted when they draw him , and what a draw ! oh please ! did you see those cartoon , please? now if you don't like the way our faith and religion is , please don't bother yourself with it , buddhist or hindus can worship a cow , we don't like somebody to draw our prophet , any problem?\n\n2- again , if it was just a nice picture for a sweet man who looks gentle , maybe some muslims around the world would appreciate that ! they may say now we can imagine a good picture for our prophet and we may feel we are closer to him , but what happened is all far from this , they depicted him in the worst picture a muslim can posess : \n\na - some muslims knows nothing about islam , they don't really follow the right islam , they bomb others and kills innocent without being in a legal war , now , when those danish draw our prophet wearing a bomb on his head , and moreover written on it the sentence that 1.300.000.000 muslims say each day in each pray in 5 prayers ( la elaha ella allah ( no true god but allah ) mohammad rasolo allah ( mohammad is the messenger of allah) , for god sake what reaction are you waiting for ? he was blaming his fellows if they kill an insect or an animal without a purpose ! this is the real islam how dare they put a bomb above his head , peace be upon him .\n\n\nb- " We ran out of virgins " , what a cartoon!!!! you won't even allow me to depict your father doing that , or even your bf , then how can i keep silent when the one i believe he is the best man of humanity is being depicted like that ? our prophet had 12 wives , yes , but please did the one who drew the cartoon read islam histroy before doing that? did he know where did each wife of them came from? did he know that we call them -his wives- :" mothers of believers " , and all muslim women try to follow them in the fabulous way they lived , can't I say : objection please , this is very offensive !! \n\nc- a man with a beard and a knife in his hand ,,, and 2 women behind him with the dress more than 30.000.000 million women in the islamic world usually wear it ( included iran and saudi arabia ) ( i.e : vail and long black dress and only eyes appear) , please , what kind of freedom was that ? what kind of human those who are going to accept it? \n\nthat was a description of 3 out of 12 cartoon , how was that? convinsing?\n\nnow , continueing my points : \n\n3- the world care so much about the human rights , right ? human rights knows no time or specific place to be applied at , let's ask those who don't believe in our prophet mohammad peace be upon him and they made cartoon about him : doesn't he has human rights like all others? if some people who claim to follow him did bad things to you , what's his fault ? a simple example : if a man killed your father , what is his son guilty for? \n\nand imagine , after all what i have just said , good muslims around the world have condemned burning embassies and killing or destroying anything because it's anti-islamic behaviour , they called only for boycott , the simplest right,\n\nso now who owe the other one an apology and who's the real guilty?
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Cartoons and caricatures are sometimes intended to make people think. Get over it! All the whining and thumbsucking about something so trivial. Find something better to do. Do you realize the good things that could have been done with the energy expended on this? What a joke on humankind.
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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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I still don't understand why some people feel that violence is warrented or acceptable as a form of protest.  It was a cartoon, sure it was offensive but isn't a violent reaction more so?  Muslims are always complaining about being painted with a broad brush of being violent.  How is this helping to dispurse that stereotype?
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every intellectual when come to about Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) appreciat his personality, He was indeed the great man, unfortunatly the anti-islamics have  corssed their limits in spreading false propaganda about our prophet and i dont know whom they are serving,and now its veyr obvious whts their motive behind but  still they couldnt stop peoples from converting to islam........ ofcourse muslims are least bothered by all those false stories because we know who is our prophet and wht was his personality.  God bless you sister, Good work mashAllah.
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They were actually published in September...\nBut the challenge to draw Mohamed was sent in the summer.... Someone wrote a book about the life of Mohamed... He couldn't find anyone to make drawings... Because every body is scared and fearful with their lives since in Europe, in the last 5 to 10 years many people get assassinated or threats if they make any form or level of criticism about islam...\n\nSo the Danish Newspaper, which is by the way, the most important in terms of readers, decided to participate and give a hand to get over the fear of making drawings of the prophet for the book... the whole thing then came down to a challenge to make a cartoon... Many of the cartoonist actually called on some Muslim cartoonist to get their point of view and they all supported and said go ahead....Why ? Because there are hundreds and if not thousands of books with drawings of Mohamed that were printed in Islamic countries in the last 12 centuries... There are even Billboards currently in Irak and Iran with the face of Mohamed and an Ayatollah by his side... The Koran does not say anywhere that he should not be drawn... So what is the issue ???\n\nThis said,,, there was a Danish Imam that tried to stop the paper from publishing the drawings... LAST SEPTEMBER.... He got booted by the Danish courts a couple of times... then he went traveling all over the Islamic countries .... And by pure coincidence there were 3 extras drawings that were not part of the 12 published... None of the cartoonist made them... THEY were really bad... if you seen what the cartoonist did,,, there is every reason to be confused about the excessive demonstrations around the world and especially those living and educated in the West or outside muslim countries...\n\nSo now the issue is about Censorship !! not respect but censorship.
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i hate it that they did that cartoon. and i m christian. it s not normal. can t believe it actually happened in a civilised country...:(
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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.