<p>You're not Muslim, so you wont understand. UAE is a nice place btw. I been there numerous times myself.</p>
<p>You can caricaturize Mohammed.</p>
<p>You can put crap on a statue of the Virgin Mary.</p>
<p>You can claim that Jesus had sex.</p>
<p>You can burn any book you want.</p>
<p>Just don't expect the world to stay calm.</p>
<p>Since Jesus is God's son, can I draw a cartoon of Mary giving head to....?</p>
<p>Sure. I would be offended, but I wouldn't go burning flags or embassies over it.</p>
<p>You wouldnt, but MANY christians will. Arabs will never steep that low as to draw such cartoons. Muslims never published cartoons of Jesus, Moses, Krishna etc, and they never will.</p>
<p>Then I think we can agree on the fact that there are many "crazy" Christians out there, that make the moderates look bad. I think the same would go for Muslims as well. Am I wrong?</p>
<p>Yes, you are wrong. Any Muslim would get ****ed with those cartoons. We value our faith strongly, you people dont.</p>
<p>I'm not talking just about cartoons. I'm talking in general about religion and faith. Moderate vs Extremist in any religion: Christianity, Judaism, Islam.</p>
<p>Actually, I do understand. My parents are Egyptian Muslims and I was raised Muslim. Although I'm an agnostic now, I still have the religion etched into my mind. </p>
<p>I'm not sure Muhammad would have been very happy with the behavior displayed by some protesters in his name. Muslims have every right to be angry, but anger doesn't have to translate into violence. Most Muslims are not violent people, but the media and some posters on this forum make it seem otherwise.</p>
<p>In my opinion, events much more deserving of protests have gone unnoticed by Arabs. Where are the protesters when a bomb explodes in a mosque while Iraqi Shi'ites are praying? Where were the protesters when suicide bombers blew themselves up during a wedding in Jordan? Where were the protesters when terrorists planted car bombs outside hotels in Egypt? Where are the protesters when terrorists kill innocent people? They're too busy protesting about cartoons. As Salman Rushdie puts it: "As their ancient, deeply civilized culture of love, art and philosophical reflection is hijacked by paranoiacs, racists, liars, male supremacists, tyrants, fanatics and violence junkies, why are they not screaming?"</p>
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<p>No, they only talk about killing every Jew in Israel.</p>
<p>Is Bird_house = OneThousandFists?</p>
<p>I wonder. Did OneThousandFists get banned? If so then its distinctly possible.</p>
<p>I think he did get banned, and I think a similar thread got deleted last time because he was being a little too radical for a college discussion forum.</p>
<p>Who's OneThousandFists?</p>
<p>Oh yes. I remember that thread, well it looks like he's back again.</p>
<p>Or perhaps his alter ego.</p>
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<p>And Christians talk about forcing Muslims to convert, burn the koran and so on. What's your point? Christians are a bunch of hypocrites.</p>
<p>wesam, </p>
<h2>This Post is Not for you. This post if for people who have a mind and are able to use it and not for ignorance.</h2>
<p>When you make fun of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him and all the Messengers of God), you are making fun of everything he (peace be upon him) stood for. You are making for of the religion of Islam. You are making fun of the religion of Islam. Thus, you are making fun of the message and by making fun of the messenger, you make fun of the One who revealed unto the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) the message. That is the Lord of Abraham, The Almighty. </p>
<p>You are not just making fun of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) but the Lord Almighty Himself. </p>
<p>Not even just the Lord but all the messengers that came and went of the Lord Almighty, including Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Yes even Jesus. Why, because Muslims believe in Jesus as a Messenger. Muslims believe all messengers( (Peace and Blessings be upon him and all the Messengers of God) came with the same message the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came with, thus you are mocking all and all who believe in the message. </p>
<h2>That clearly draws the line. It is an insult to anyone who believes in the Lord Almighty. </h2>
<p>Please read this article to know a little bit more about the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). </p>
<p>On a lighter note: <a href="http://www.deadbrain.co.uk/news/article_2006_02_03_5328.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.deadbrain.co.uk/news/article_2006_02_03_5328.php</a></p>
<p>Bird-house,</p>
<p>You're a real idiot. You must know very little about Islam to suggest that it would be okay for you (the all-pious Muslim (MAY THEY ALL ROT IN HELL!)) to draw the Virgen Mary giving head to Jesus Christ when Jesus Christ is reveered in Islam as a prophet (kind of like Mohammed). </p>
<p>Also, Arab newspapers and the Muslim media in general always depicts Christians and Jews as nothing but the spawn of Satan who must be destroyed at all costs. I mean look at Hamas, the Saudi government and most Muslim clerics. They're always calling for the destruction of the Western world.</p>
<p>Just wait a few years and Islam will no longer be the fastest growing religion in the world. Barely anyone is converting to Islam anymore because of people like you.</p>
<p>This thread has become an insult to intelligent thinkers and, I fear, an inadvertant insult to our peace-loving Muslim neighbors in the US. It is too bad there are fanatics in the world who do not believe in Democratic ideals of freedom of speech, religion, and so forth. It is time to start ignoring this thread.</p>
<p>In your spare time, check out this website: memri.org
(Middle East Media Research Institute) for numerous actual examples of hate-filled media in the Middle East. Bird_house, I couldn't find any "cartoons" but plenty of other diatribes.</p>