More than 3 months after the fact, people sharing my faith are expressing their anger in many forms some of which is violent. I Thought I'd express my feelings as a Muslim and someone who sees Mohammad as an idle.
Mohammad Peace be upon him was a great Man, despite what the enemies of Islam want people to think. For someone who doesn't believe that he had any connection with God should at least respect the message he brought to this earth. Unfortunately, the message is distorted 1400 years later.
He was the first man in History to promote democracy, and denounce racism and discrimination. Something the West sees as a foundation of their civilization. (I shall provide proof of that claim in a separate post). Amongst other things Mohammad was a great leader way ahead of his time. Personally I think that he was but a messenger from God and so did he. If he was alive and you would ask him , he would tell you that he nothing but a man with a message.
So how do I feel about all these protests and the "Cartoons" ?
Well I feel saddened by them and by the public reaction they caused. While I could condemn the Danish newspaper and the other 19 countries whom wanted to show "solidarity" , I am most disappointed by the Muslims and their reaction.
If it shows anything , it shows that they know nothing about their religion nor about Mohammad peace be upon him whom they claim to respect. Did those people find in their texts an incident where Mohammad burnt buildings? Did they read in their texts anywhere Mohammad encouraging riots? How about Anger? I am sure, somewhere in those texts Mohammad was angry or encouraged anger?!?! No?? Come on!!!
The answer is certainly not. On the contrary Mohammad was known to be Kind, Merciful, Soft Spoken amongst many other great qualities. None of which those people who profess their love have.
In fact Mohammad was insulted and harrased much more than what those cartoons have done. Yet, his reaction at the height of his power was forgiveness. I am referring to Fatih Makkah (Liberation of Makkah- فتح مكة). A historical incident whereby Mohammad after many years of persecution and struggle became powerful and at the right time marched towards his enemies after they broke a truce they had agreed upon with Mohammad. His reaction only spoke of God's will and his character. He marched towards the city not spilling a drop of blood.
I could go on and on about how the riots, violent reaction and protests are unmuslim like. However, this requires a book.
What else angers me about the riots? Well they are cowardly and hypocritical. Through out the past year while Muslims are being murdered and slain by Americans and other Muslims (in the name of Islam mind you) none of those hypocrites said a word. They sat down in their homes watching their pathetic TV programs and being lead like sheep. Meanwhile, since Denmark is a small country and boycotting its products only means not eating Danish Cheese. They still ride their Fords, Buick, GMs, and of course German cars. Mind you they can't afford to boycott those countries because they are cowards. You want to protest against the US, build your own computer manufacturing company. Better yet, build German quality cars. Hell at least build your own ..... anything ...
What about the Thousands of Iraqis who have died in the past 3 years? Have you nothing to protest there?
What will those riots achieve? Let me tell you ... Now that its all over the news, everyone who hasn't seen those Cartoons will want to see them. If nothing else they have created more publicity about that. Actually, probably the only people whom haven't seen those Cartoons are the people rioting. Hey, they have been TOLD that they were bad. That's what Muslims are good at ... Being told what to do and how to think. How can I not be saddened by such events?
Of course this post is not meant for the western reader but more for the Muslim who has some hope/desire for improvement.
Until we Muslims start to behave with intelligence and less anger, we will always be subject to oppression and will make Mohammad Peace be Upon Him subject to to insults if they see that the people who follow him behave this way. The answer to Islam's problems is found within the Quran:
"Kontom Khair Ummatin Okhrijat lilnaas, ta'moroon bil ma3roof wa tanhawn 3an ilmonkar" Soorat 3, ayah 110.
Until we know that the Monkar is killing innocent people we don't agree with, then we will always be subject to oppression and maybe God's anger.
As for those countries which published the cartoons in the name of "Freedom of speech". The only thing they are free to do is act as hypocrites. Something Muslims failed to act on properly is ask to have their portrayal of Israeli figures published in the news papers. Of course that would never happen as it will be dubbed Anti-Semitic. In fact Freedom of speech is only free as long as it doesn't criticize the Jews and the Jewish state. There are many such examples the last few I remember are the fuss made before the movie "Passion of the Christ" was aired. As well as Madonna's Video "American Life" which was withdrawn, as well as Dixie Chick's comments about George Bush that they were forced to apologize for. Really, now where was Germany, France, and the lot when the Dixie Chicks were not free to speak? The answer is simple, those who control the Media call the shots. Think about what things are impossible to publish and then you will understand the freedom to hypocrisy. One final thought about Freedom of speech, is Al-Jazeera and the Canadian Government imposed restrictions in 2004. The Canadian Government said it will allow Al-Jazeera to broadcast only that it won't be live and it will be subject to monitoring and editing 24 hours a day:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/WV-dyne/articles/-2004Jul25.html
If only Muslims had acted in a smart manner. The world would show more respect to them.
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