Cartoon Controversy
Its quite simple really.
Everything has limitations. To exceed those boundaries is to commit sin.
Freedom of expression is a subset of the everything i was referring to.
Just because some religions have lost the sanctity they once held does not mean the same goes for Islam, followers of which hold their religious beliefs to be the essence of their beings. When you offend the religion, you offend the essence. I could easily say that the protesters are hooligans, stupid excuses for human beings. And perhaps they are. Why else would they go on destroying fast food restaurants, banks and other institutions that have no affiliation with the controversy reigning supreme these days. However, and it may seem apologetic to say so, but these hooligans are making their point. And rightly so.
To draw a caricature of a sacred human being (universally revered, i might add) and then to proceed to ridicule him by sketching bombs on his turban and moreover, to justify the act of blasphemy by saying it lies within the humane spheres of freedom of speech is just too much to handle for followers of Islam. Yes it is wrong to vent the way they are. Yes it is wrong to violently proclaim their anger. But is this not also freedom of expression?
Im not supporting irrational behaviour or advocating extremist, radical islam. Im just saying all of us need to stop berating the people who are acting out. That's all I hear these days and I just wonder..instead of climbing onto the bandwagon and declaring our disgust, why not take a moment to recall WHY this is all happening. Or are we just too ashamed?
I wish these people wouldnt tarnish the image of Islam the way they are. I wish they wouldnt taint our religion and give the world even more reason to doubt and denounce it. I wish they wouldnt let their emotions get the best of them. I wish they wouldnt use this incident as a pretext to vent and placate their frustrated spirits. I wish they wouldnt resort to violence.
But hey. What I wish the most is for people to realize that Islam was ridiculed. Our prophet was ridiculed. Our essence was ridiculed.
And I, for one, will not tolerate that. Not for one second.
Everything has limitations. To exceed those boundaries is to commit sin.
Freedom of expression is a subset of the everything i was referring to.
Just because some religions have lost the sanctity they once held does not mean the same goes for Islam, followers of which hold their religious beliefs to be the essence of their beings. When you offend the religion, you offend the essence. I could easily say that the protesters are hooligans, stupid excuses for human beings. And perhaps they are. Why else would they go on destroying fast food restaurants, banks and other institutions that have no affiliation with the controversy reigning supreme these days. However, and it may seem apologetic to say so, but these hooligans are making their point. And rightly so.
To draw a caricature of a sacred human being (universally revered, i might add) and then to proceed to ridicule him by sketching bombs on his turban and moreover, to justify the act of blasphemy by saying it lies within the humane spheres of freedom of speech is just too much to handle for followers of Islam. Yes it is wrong to vent the way they are. Yes it is wrong to violently proclaim their anger. But is this not also freedom of expression?
Im not supporting irrational behaviour or advocating extremist, radical islam. Im just saying all of us need to stop berating the people who are acting out. That's all I hear these days and I just wonder..instead of climbing onto the bandwagon and declaring our disgust, why not take a moment to recall WHY this is all happening. Or are we just too ashamed?
I wish these people wouldnt tarnish the image of Islam the way they are. I wish they wouldnt taint our religion and give the world even more reason to doubt and denounce it. I wish they wouldnt let their emotions get the best of them. I wish they wouldnt use this incident as a pretext to vent and placate their frustrated spirits. I wish they wouldnt resort to violence.
But hey. What I wish the most is for people to realize that Islam was ridiculed. Our prophet was ridiculed. Our essence was ridiculed.
And I, for one, will not tolerate that. Not for one second.
posted by The Muse at 8:16 PM
1 Comments:
Islam was ridiculed, but to go out and vent your anger by destroying other people's property goes against one of the basic fundamentals of our religion.
Tolerance.
There are many ways to show your anger. The last, of them, should be violence. What they are doing is just playing into the hands of everyone who wants Islam to self-destruct. or rather muslims.
There are no justifications for the outrageous and despicable behaviour of those who are protesting violently, just like there are no justifications for flemming rose and his troupe.
however, the funniest thing is, that most of the protestors aren't out there because of the cartoons, but just because they want to loot and destroy.
i'm sorry btw.
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