Anonymous wrote:There is imposing your beliefs on others and then there is doing something you know to be offensive to someone else. Drawing Mohammed is the latter, IMHO, for the most part. There may be some few Muslims who are actively engaged in the former, and it is in many aspects besides just the drawing of Mohammed. If, you do not need to understand the ban on the drawing to be respectful of it and the Muslims it offends. I don't like the ban, but really, it is sort of stupid to go around drawing Mohammed and burning Korans just to spite a population you don't like.

Offensive , controversial words , cartoons, movies and books are what free speech is about.

Jihad, Caliphate, Sharia law.

Are those Muslim words?

There is imposing your beliefs on others and then there is doing something you know to be offensive to someone else. Drawing Mohammed is the latter, IMHO, for the most part. There may be some few Muslims who are actively engaged in the former, and it is in many aspects besides just the drawing of Mohammed. If, you do not need to understand the ban on the drawing to be respectful of it and the Muslims it offends. I don't like the ban, but really, it is sort of stupid to go around drawing Mohammed and burning Korans just to spite a population you don't like.

Anonymous wrote:This is not about what you think islam should be like. Go and find out about the religion yourself. I am not muslim and understand the sanctity and blasphemy.
Not difficult to understand if you try. No use argueing or trying to change a religion you do not believe in

Do you feel the same way about Christians--particularly Evangelicals--re the stance on employer mandates re contraception, gay marriage, etc?

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Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

First, that's a gross characterization of the facts. Fact shown by Pew research show that a not-insignificant portion of the Muslim population believe Sharia law should apply to non-Muslims. These may not be the one committing the violence, but they clearly condone and support such behavior. Pointing out that they didn't react is like saying that only a small minority of whites in pre-emancipation US actually owned slaves.

Uhm, ok.... Do you even know what shariah law is? smh

Your response simply evades the debate. Why don't you educate the readers here on what Shariah law says about images of the prophet.

I don't think this is the right outlet to educate readers about Sharia Law, I doubt there is any interest and even if there was I doubt I'd have enough time or energy to explain the intricacies of Sharia Law in one paragraph. And my previous response wasn't to evade any debate but to point out how ridiculous was the assumption from that PP that Muslims wanted sharia law to apply to NON-muslims, since 1- Muslims are specifically told they need to respect the laws of the Land where they reside, not bring islamic law there and 2- sharia law should be applied to Muslims with non muslims being judged according to their own laws. Example: Malaysia operates under 2 laws, sharia law for Muslims and civil law for non-muslims.

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

First, that's a gross characterization of the facts. Fact shown by Pew research show that a not-insignificant portion of the Muslim population believe Sharia law should apply to non-Muslims. These may not be the one committing the violence, but they clearly condone and support such behavior. Pointing out that they didn't react is like saying that only a small minority of whites in pre-emancipation US actually owned slaves.

Uhm, ok.... Do you even know what shariah law is? smh

Your response simply evades the debate. Why don't you educate the readers here on what Shariah law says about images of the prophet.

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Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

First, that's a gross characterization of the facts. Fact shown by Pew research show that a not-insignificant portion of the Muslim population believe Sharia law should apply to non-Muslims. These may not be the one committing the violence, but they clearly condone and support such behavior. Pointing out that they didn't react is like saying that only a small minority of whites in pre-emancipation US actually owned slaves.

Uhm, ok.... Do you even know what shariah law is? smh

Anonymous wrote:

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

Not reacted like the crazies. React in the sense that they get to condemn and say people have to not do it. I don't think I get to condemn when other people don't follow the rules of my religon as to people/saints/God who are holy to me but not to them.

This isn't about the crazies.

This is pure B.S. Anyone is entitled to their opinions. You are free to agree/disagree with anything, just like they are to say they disagree with the offensive depiction of the Prophet saw. It is their prerogative to condemn it if they choose to do so, as long as it is peaceful, why aren't they entitled to their opinions?

This is not about what you think islam should be like. Go and find out about the religion yourself. I am not muslim and understand the sanctity and blasphemy.
Not difficult to understand if you try. No use argueing or trying to change a religion you do not believe in

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

First, that's a gross characterization of the facts. Fact shown by Pew research show that a not-insignificant portion of the Muslim population believe Sharia law should apply to non-Muslims. These may not be the one committing the violence, but they clearly condone and support such behavior. Pointing out that they didn't react is like saying that only a small minority of whites in pre-emancipation US actually owned slaves.

Muslima wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

Not reacted like the crazies. React in the sense that they get to condemn and say people have to not do it. I don't think I get to condemn when other people don't follow the rules of my religon as to people/saints/God who are holy to me but not to them.

This isn't about the crazies.

Anonymous wrote:It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

There is over a billion Muslims in the world, not even 0.01% of them reacted

It being sacred to Muslims doesn't answer why it's offensive when non-Muslims do it. A catholic person doesn't want other people to be disrespectful of Mary but they don't think they get to react when a non-believer is.

That's an important difference.

Religion is ridiculous in general, nothing special about Muslims, which is simply a slightly more contemporary version of the same old formula.

The issue with Muslims isn't the religion itself, but the people practicing it. Whereas Christians have diluted their faith to the point where it is about as relevant as ordering their burger at a drive-through, Muslims have not had the same type of reformation. Its practitioners also tend to be clustered in highly stressful social/economic areas (with exception, of course)

I don't believe for one second that "most" Muslims wouldn't be offended. They will. And it's ridiculous and indicative of the things they consider "sacrilege" -- it's BS.