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The ignorance here is astonishing. Muslims don't actually insist that non-Muslims refrain from drawing Mohammad. Have you ever been to the Supreme Court buildin
by MichaelSalib 16y ago
The ignorance here is astonishing. Muslims don't actually insist that non-Muslims refrain from drawing Mohammad. Have you ever been to the Supreme Court building in DC? It has a giant frieze depicting Mohammad (see http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/north&southwalls.pdf http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/north&southwalls.pdf ). And yet Muslims don't complain about that. In fact, several famous pieces of Islamic art well known in the Arab world depict Mohammad. A simple depiction is not the issue.
What is the issue is when people use depictions of Mohammad as a way of insulting Muslims. Stick figures don't do that. Pictures of Mohammad as a terrorist do. That's what triggered riots. Note that out of a billion Muslims, the only people complaining about the recent Southpark episode were a tiny nutball group in NYC founded by a former Jew.
But hey! By all means, put a stupid drawing on your website. That'll change the world! Muslims that see it will just assume that you're an ignorant bigot who hates Muslims, but I'm sure you'll feel better, and isn't that what this is all about? Having an excuse for self-righteous moral preening? Feeling smug and superior without actually doing anything to improve the world?
- nailer 16y agoPeople are expressing the right to mock and criticise ideas. They are using Mohammed as people unfortunately have been murdered for publicly insulting him, and they are showing solidarity. This is a good thing, and shows people who want to hurt others that the people they prey on have a lot of friends who they'll also have to hurt if they are to succeed in their objectives. This is a good thing.