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Seaver · 02-09-2006, 10:22 AM

Well someone had to start a rational discussion about this. I'm a Middle Eastern Studies major, so I'm well aware about the statements disallowing depictions of Allah or the Prophet. This is what is reported to have been the main issue with the riots (even America being blamed because we apparently "lead" Denmark).

This reporting, however, is like most media atm just simply ignorant. There are HUNDREDS of paintings of Muhammad, most of them steamming from the regions most angered (Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan).

I'm quite honestly upset at everyone involved. The newspapers that printed it should have known better, they should stand up, apologize, and fire the editor who approved it. The man who sent it to Sudan/Iran/etc should take responsibility for the deaths that have/will result. The muslims rioting should try to learn more about their own history of depictions of Muhammad and his teachings of tolerance. And finally the media reporting on it SHOULD point out the fact that muslims have a LONG history of depicting the Prophet in paintings.

Personally, after studying Islam and the Middle East for 4 years I'm constantly baffled at the level of self-ignorance or level of anger about certain topics.

Destroying the house Muhammad grew up in to build a parking lot? O.K.
Depicting Muhammad for over a thousand years? O.K.
Inventing or adopting the Harem? O.K. even for the holy 5 Caliphs
Governments that kill hundreds of thousands of their own people... so long as they oppose the U.S.? O.K.
Using 12 year old boys to clear landmines by walking in a straight line? More than O.K., it's a holy act

However...
Finding out that a Muslim extreamist tore up a copy of the Qur'an to plug up a toilet then crap on it? Death to America
Reading a cartoon satyrizing what Islam has turned into? Death to Denmark... then America

Anyone else finding themselves losing sympathy at an increasingly rapid pace to both Islam in general and especially the Media who are afraid to point it out?

**Disclaimer: I'm not anti-Islamic. I'm against what it is increasingly becoming, which is a religion that appreciates death to life and murder of civilians to anything described in the Qur'an or other Holy Texts.**

02-09-2006, 10:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Seaver Junkie Location: Fort Worth, TX	Images of the Prophet Muhammad Well someone had to start a rational discussion about this. I'm a Middle Eastern Studies major, so I'm well aware about the statements disallowing depictions of Allah or the Prophet. This is what is reported to have been the main issue with the riots (even America being blamed because we apparently "lead" Denmark). This reporting, however, is like most media atm just simply ignorant. There are HUNDREDS of paintings of Muhammad, most of them steamming from the regions most angered (Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan). I'm quite honestly upset at everyone involved. The newspapers that printed it should have known better, they should stand up, apologize, and fire the editor who approved it. The man who sent it to Sudan/Iran/etc should take responsibility for the deaths that have/will result. The muslims rioting should try to learn more about their own history of depictions of Muhammad and his teachings of tolerance. And finally the media reporting on it SHOULD point out the fact that muslims have a LONG history of depicting the Prophet in paintings. Personally, after studying Islam and the Middle East for 4 years I'm constantly baffled at the level of self-ignorance or level of anger about certain topics. Destroying the house Muhammad grew up in to build a parking lot? O.K. Depicting Muhammad for over a thousand years? O.K. Inventing or adopting the Harem? O.K. even for the holy 5 Caliphs Governments that kill hundreds of thousands of their own people... so long as they oppose the U.S.? O.K. Using 12 year old boys to clear landmines by walking in a straight line? More than O.K., it's a holy act However... Finding out that a Muslim extreamist tore up a copy of the Qur'an to plug up a toilet then crap on it? Death to America Reading a cartoon satyrizing what Islam has turned into? Death to Denmark... then America Anyone else finding themselves losing sympathy at an increasingly rapid pace to both Islam in general and especially the Media who are afraid to point it out? Disclaimer: I'm not anti-Islamic. I'm against what it is increasingly becoming, which is a religion that appreciates death to life and murder of civilians to anything described in the Qur'an or other Holy Texts.