nocturne
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Assalamualaikum,
I writing this based on my limited knowledge in this issue. If i am stating any facts wrongly, please forgive and correct me.
Let's start back in the 1980's, when Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses was released, there was huge opposition in the Islamic world. It started with Indian's muslims asking for a ban on the book and subsequently followed by 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the killings, attempted killings, and bombings that resulted from Muslim anger over the novel.
As a result of the fatwa, several were severely injured but Rushdie remains unharmed with a few more novels added to his name.
And again in 2002, when a Nigerian Journalist made a silly comment on our prophet. I recently heard a interview with her, and she terribly regrets the consequences of her article, that killed hundreds of people. And she too was slapped with Fatwa.
http://www.livingislam.org/n/nup_e.html
I have a few question, that i hope some of you can answer.
1) Does Islam ask for the killing of those, who dare question its validity or even try to portray in a bad light?
2) Who has to take the blame for the hundreds killed these events, the Journalists, or the muslims who incited the violence/issued the fatwa.
3) Correct me if i am wrong, didn't Prophet Muhammad (s.w.t), go through far more ridiculing during his time and i don't think he resorted to violence.
4) Do we fear that reading these literatures, erode our faith in Islam?
I writing this based on my limited knowledge in this issue. If i am stating any facts wrongly, please forgive and correct me.
Let's start back in the 1980's, when Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses was released, there was huge opposition in the Islamic world. It started with Indian's muslims asking for a ban on the book and subsequently followed by 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie; and the killings, attempted killings, and bombings that resulted from Muslim anger over the novel.
As a result of the fatwa, several were severely injured but Rushdie remains unharmed with a few more novels added to his name.
And again in 2002, when a Nigerian Journalist made a silly comment on our prophet. I recently heard a interview with her, and she terribly regrets the consequences of her article, that killed hundreds of people. And she too was slapped with Fatwa.
http://www.livingislam.org/n/nup_e.html
I have a few question, that i hope some of you can answer.
1) Does Islam ask for the killing of those, who dare question its validity or even try to portray in a bad light?
2) Who has to take the blame for the hundreds killed these events, the Journalists, or the muslims who incited the violence/issued the fatwa.
3) Correct me if i am wrong, didn't Prophet Muhammad (s.w.t), go through far more ridiculing during his time and i don't think he resorted to violence.
4) Do we fear that reading these literatures, erode our faith in Islam?
