Muhammed vult?

[kixie]

Protesters demand execution of 'blasphemy' teacher.

Why does it seem that this is the overly-zealous Muslim reaction to everything*? Cartoon depicting Muhammad appears in a paper several thousand miles away? "KILL THEM!" A schoolteacher names a teddy bear 'Muhammad'? "KILL HER!" A bowl of milk was spilled? "CALL THE FIRING SQUAD!"

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Comments

[medusa]

Do you think their reaction would be different if the teacher in question had been male?

[kixie]

I see what you're getting at, but no, in this case I don't, I think it's because she's not Muslim, perhaps because she's British and the British aren't very liked in that part of the world right now. I think right now it's more a case of dreaded white infidel than evil, stinking woman. That probably makes it worse, but at this point I think anything will set that lot off.

[medusa]

Yeah, that is what I think but I just am not sure what to think about it all. I am sure the fact that she is female is probably making it all a lot worse but I think being British is enough to condemn someone. Gosh, it is so scary. :(

[kixie]

There's just such immense tension right now, especially between the UK and US and the Muslim world and it seems that...well, I think of that lot as the Muslim/Sudanese equivalent of the BNP or the Bible Bashers in the US; they're just insane freaks who will take any excuse to flip out and bully people and have no concept of right or wrong, seriously lack the faculties of reason and are basically shit-weasels.

Sadly it seems this country is RUN by those people. Same goes for the US, although thanks to *gag* democracy, they don't have full power and church and state are - legislature wise, at least - kept separate.

Give a religious loon power and watch him attempt to kill a woman for naming a teddy bear the wrong name. God, that's depressing.

And that poor woman - best of luck to her. If they actually take this execution thing in any serious way I think I might explode or just call 'shenanigans' on the whole human race, cause this is beyond stupid.

[medusa]

I wish everyone would just y'know, stop being so medieval about it and just get along and stop being total nutjobs. It really shouldn't matter any more and they just look ridiculous frankly.

Do you think she will be okay? I mean, won't she have to go into hiding in this country anyway seeing as we seem to have more than our fair share of mad Muslim fundamentalists here as well?