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I haven’t yet heard of Indian Muslims acting like tortured souls – have you?
Of course, drawing Muhammed was unnecessary considering that it obviously would hurt Muslims the world over, almost two billion people. And Muslims are famous for their rage, uncivilized modes of protest and extreme forms of violence invoking threat in the mind of any non-Muslim.
That is exactly why he was not drawn until now; and also why the cartoonist still remains anonymous. But nothing stands in the way of free speech, very rightly exemplified by a Danish newspaper which published some cartoons of Muhammed.
Firstly, about the caricature. If the Muslims had themselves drawn Muhammed or Allah, then out of devotion and cultural affiliation, the subject would have been portrayed as extremely good-looking and entrancingly divine so as to induce devotion in the hearts of Muslims.
But they did not take the opportunity. If a Muslim had indeed drawn Muhammed, there would have been a fatwa and he would most likely be dead pretty soon.
So that’s why the opportunity passed on to European hands – and they demonized Muhammed. I mean, just look at the cartoons, which I’m sure many of you would have seen by now. Muhammed is portrayed as any negative stereotype that you can imagine, his face is made of just facial hair, and he can by no means be described as good-looking.
The caricatures are politically wrong, disrespectful to millions of people, and repulsive as against art of anything saintly or divine.
So protests are justified.
But are not the Muslims of Syria, Palestine, Iran and other countries civilized human beings? To my eyes, they seem like savage eccentricities of Nature.
Syrians have been staging sit-ins outside the Danish
embassy since the row intensified earlier this week, when Damascus
recalled its ambassador.On Saturday, hundreds hurled stones and stormed the Danish site, before moving to the Norwegian embassy.
“With our blood and souls we defend you, O Prophet of
God,” they chanted outside the Danish building, which also houses the
Swedish and Chilean missions.
Right, as if the Prophet indeed needs the protection offered by these anti-social elements who claim to follow him, and who Muhammed should despise, or rather pity (if he conforms to the saintly qualities of a ‘prophet’).
Which is what I do, not because I’m a saint! I pity the Muslims because once again the world is told that Muslims are not a rosy bunch of people, and that too by the Muslims themselves. The Syrians and Palestinians shout to the world that they are violent, thirsty for the blood of Danes and Norwegians, for the destruction of European symbols, for killing innocent Europeans too. All because Islam forbids the portrayal of Muhammed.
If Islam forbids the portrayal of Muhammed or Allah, it is binding only on practicing Muslims; I can choose to respect it, but I am not bound by any Islamic edict. Ergo, I could draw Muhammed (but drawing is not one of my passions).
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Definitely, Siddique, there is a difference between burning effigies and burning entire office buildings!
[...] Now he has drawn Bharatmata naked and put it up for auction. The timing could not have been better for the Hindu groups. The entire Islamic fraternity is raging over caricatures of Muhammad published first by a Danish newspaper. And of course it is now the turn of Hindu groups to stifle artistic freedom of expression. [...]
ivan says: The westerners say they can fuck their mothers and sisters in the name of freedom of artistc expressions which they have every right to. So they demand the same of others if not the’d do it for us.They are infected by cultural fanaticsm more than any one else. There is no room for such things in eastern ethos.Lets others do this so often which they dont do out of modesty.
We easterners where the sun rises.All great lights also rose from the east. Some of their ethos may be good. But how foolish for the slaves to consider their faeces worth relishing.having a license of being developed in technological parlance does not mean they are good in every respect.Does being a doctor or expert mechanic etc mean being a good human!!!!!!!!!!!!1
[...] The Muhammad cartoons did rouse the Islamic Congress Govt. at the Centre. It seems that the Indian Govt. expressed its outrage and offered suggestions to the Danish Govt. in October of last year itself, when the Mohammed cartoons were first published. [...]
V Krishna says: How can stop satiring of religion and why should it be stopped ?
A religion is a belief system just as atheism and agnosticism is a belief system. There are people who have founded a religion based on Star Wars. Does the Star Wars religion also deserve protection ?
Mohd Naved says: . You Sooraj.. perhaps you dont know what you are writing.. You are saying to draw a cartoon of allah .. You perhaps dont know how and when you can be caught by Jihadi Groups for saying such a sentance… Never publish any of your contact number or anything though which anybody can get your reall contact info.. so that if sombody got it.. Then your body will be divided in so many small pieces that no body will be able to count that…If you published anything like this anything Non Sense then it will not be good for you…You Sooraj.. I think someone is paying you money for writing such a bullshit on this blog.. because you are totally opposing to Muslims and even you are opposing to Indian Culture. .. You are one sided person and even does not deserve to be called as an Indian..
I wil try to put this comment on your all boards…
Hi Mohd – Any sane person will be able to make out whether what you write or what I write is nonsense. I’ll leave it to their good judgements.
But please do not post the same comment on all posts as it will be irrelevant. I have deleted them on other posts for now.
Lambert says: @ Mohd Naved
Dear Mohd Naved, you say anyone trying to draw the picture of Allah (PBUH) or Mohammed (PBUH) is a bullshit or one-sided person. So who is M.F.Hussain then, who drew naked pictures of some Hindu goddesses and Mother India? A pig shit? Where in Quran is it written that modern art means drawing nude pictures of gods/goddesses that should definitely hurt others’ religious sentiments? I’m not trying to be rude/meaningless/out-of-context here. I’ve just asked a question very much related to our current discussion here…
[...] could not have been better for the Hindu groups. The entire Islamic fraternity is raging over caricatures of Muhammad published first by a Danish newspaper. And of course it is now the turn of Hindu groups to stifle artistic freedom of [...]
[...] could not have been better for the Hindu groups. The entire Islamic fraternity is raging over caricatures of Muhammad published first by a Danish newspaper. And of course it is now the turn of Hindu groups to stifle artistic freedom of [...]
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I think Mr. Sooraj would do well to keep his big mouth shut. His post does not have any substance but only exhibits his ignorance and bigotry. And anyway, he is not in anyway concerned with it. People burn the effigies of Greg Chappell for the Sake of Ganguly. You cannot call them savage… they are just showing their emotions. Mr. Sooraj, should atleast keep his mouth shut … if he could not emphatise