Hey,
Thanks for Your sincere answer. I believe that what the images representing is against all (or at least the most ) humans believes.
You wrote:
“Its against islam to draw/create images of Allaah Almighty (God), nor of his beloved Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them) [this includes Jesus, Moses, Muhammad (peace be upon them all) etc.]”
Is it a matter of degree somehow? Or is all as bad if a member of another state drew/create images whether it is as a “good” course, or in this really dreadful way? Are there any exceptions? For an example there is a debate in Sweden right now if there are a need to withdraw pupil/study books that contains a picture of medieval Persian art that contains a portrait of the Prophet. For many decades’ images of Almighty and Jesus is drawn in the same way (sometimes as resentful as these pictures). It would be a whole lot of countries to boycott if everyone who have newspaper that published this kind of drawings including Almighty and Jesus ought to be boycotted.
One other thing that I do not really understand and hope I will be able to see in another kind of way is this: According to Islam this kind of drawings is not allowed but according to the laws in the countries that published them they do not have these constraints neither in laws toward the newspapers nor in religion. Likewise there are many things according to e.g. Christian religion that is not allowed in our countries but may be allowed in countries that have Islam as a main religion. My question is really; if it is all right for any other country to decide what kind of laws that another country is applying? I do not believe that western countries should force “democracy” with violence either upon any countries. What is the difference?
At the same time I can say that in some way I think that our newspapers in west has crossed to many absurd limits for a long time. But it is not the same that the state or the peoples agrees with it. There is a constant and welcomed debate about what limit the freedom really should have in these kinds of questions and what responsibility the newspaper has. And debate is a good thing.
I am a bit afraid of what e.g. a boycott to a western country on these grounds would do to our states. I do not think that something good will come out of it for anyway. The citizens including newspapers right to publish or say things, is a very high valued thing that few western people wants to change, more than that more responsibility and a second thought before publishing these kind of religious drawings. So I believe that common people will take the stand for not publishing these kind of material but even more firmly stand up for their freedom to not have any constraints.
The countries in west that today is not as “westernized” in their politics, that is more of “friends of both ways” may feel the force to take a step left toward the boycotted states politics. This may lead to an escalating violence situation in the world.
I know this is a whole lot of big questions that probably already been asked but I will appreciate any answer for my own sake.
Peace
