Insulting the Beloved Prophet in the name of free speech
The EU countries have, once again, shown their utter disregard for the feelings of European Muslims (Britain aside) by reprinting the offensive and blasphemous cartoons of our Beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Islam and Muslims respect religious figures of other faiths, yet our own Prophet is insulted like this. It is enough to make the blood boil.
I'm so glad that the Saudis (for once) and some other Arab nations have recalled their ambasaddors and began trade boycotts of Danish goods; this should be extended to all countries who reprint the pictures (e.g. France, Germany, Norway, Spain) unless the governments/leaders publically apologise and promise not to do such again. The entire Muslim world should get involved and those nations which have not so far should be ashamed of themselves. The next step should be the cutting off of all diplomatic relations with these countries: lets see how they survive without oil.
I'm quite a moderate Muslim but the Beloved Prophet (alayhisalam) is the be-all and end-all of my Faith and he is the Prince of Creation and ANY insult to his noble Presence is intolerable.
We should do anything we can within the limits of EU law to protest against this. A boycott of all Danish goods for a start is a good place to begin.
This has Rushdie Affair written all over it. It's funny how David Irving is in jail in Austria for saying that he doesn't believe 6 million Jews died in WW2 (with evidence) but when someone openly insults our Beloved Prophet it is defended as essential to 'freedom of speech' yet questioning the scale of the Holocaust let alone its denial leads one to jail in these same countries and 'freedom of expression' is conveniently forgotten. (Not that I personally am a holocaust denier).
I'm so glad that the Saudis (for once) and some other Arab nations have recalled their ambasaddors and began trade boycotts of Danish goods; this should be extended to all countries who reprint the pictures (e.g. France, Germany, Norway, Spain) unless the governments/leaders publically apologise and promise not to do such again. The entire Muslim world should get involved and those nations which have not so far should be ashamed of themselves. The next step should be the cutting off of all diplomatic relations with these countries: lets see how they survive without oil.
I'm quite a moderate Muslim but the Beloved Prophet (alayhisalam) is the be-all and end-all of my Faith and he is the Prince of Creation and ANY insult to his noble Presence is intolerable.
We should do anything we can within the limits of EU law to protest against this. A boycott of all Danish goods for a start is a good place to begin.
This has Rushdie Affair written all over it. It's funny how David Irving is in jail in Austria for saying that he doesn't believe 6 million Jews died in WW2 (with evidence) but when someone openly insults our Beloved Prophet it is defended as essential to 'freedom of speech' yet questioning the scale of the Holocaust let alone its denial leads one to jail in these same countries and 'freedom of expression' is conveniently forgotten. (Not that I personally am a holocaust denier).