I am Saddened by all of you

[Muezzin]

Cheb in that statement "This is what most non-Muslims dont get" you have yourself summed up what I am trying to say.

You as a group are over reacting, and need to respect whomever drew the cartoons right to do so, the editors right to include them, the companies right to print and distribute the cartoons.

I don't agree with what the cartoons or by extension the newspaper was saying, but I accept they have a right to say it.

The intentions behind the cartoons are not to degrade muslims, nor to degrade Muhummad. They are just alike every other cartoon making fun of some public figure or commonly known subject matter. It happens every day, the fact of the matter is the second It comes to your group, you over react.

Really? Suppose the cartoon had been a stereotypical portrayal of a Jew, ala Nazi Germany. Such a picture would receive condemnation, rightly so, for being offensive and anti-Semitic. Why then, I wonder, when a cartoon that from a Muslim point of view is just as offensive, do many non-Muslims get offended at the mere fact that Muslims took offence?

The fact of the matter is, Muslims saw this cartoon as offensive. How is the mere taking of offense an over reaction? Rioting is over-reacting. Calling for violence is over-reacting.

As for the intentions behind the cartoons, we all know what the road to Hell is paved with.

But on that same note... A cartoon is nothing like the destruction and murder of thousands of people is it.

Oh, snap

Now, you don't see Japanese people hating ALL Americans for the actions of its Government and military during the above incident, do you?

 

[north_malaysian]

I think the media in Western world are not telling the truth for the Westerners, but in the same time Muslim media are just the same, telling the false to Muslims about Christians and Jews.

It's a really really big kind of misunderstanding.

 

[Malsidabym]

I think the media in Western world are not telling the truth for the Westerners, but in the same time Muslim media are just the same, telling the false to Muslims about Christians and Jews.

A good observation. It should be obvious that media outlets will print what sells rather than the truth. They will print what the people in thier market want to read. Rarely does the media tell the real story, it has usually been made sensational for the readers. I once took a small boat with a couple of friends to an island 1/2 hour from home. The boat filled with water when we went for a walk. We spent about four hours before help arrived, on the island. No big deal. The news spun a fantastic tale of high seas and near death, we were lucky to escape with our lives! LOL!

 

[north_malaysian]

A good observation. It should be obvious that media outlets will print what sells rather than the truth. They will print what the people in thier market want to read. Rarely does the media tell the real story, it has usually been made sensational for the readers. I once took a small boat with a couple of friends to an island 1/2 hour from home. The boat filled with water when we went for a walk. We spent about four hours before help arrived, on the island. No big deal. The news spun a fantastic tale of high seas and near death, we were lucky to escape with our lives! LOL!

BAD NEWS ARE GOOD NEWS FOR MONEY MAKERS.

 

[Ahmed_Yaseen]

Malt,

You are right in many respects. We Muslims need to learn to be more open-minded etc. However, I think this particular issue got an emormous reaction because the cartoons were first of all clearly deeply insulting. You don't have to be a professor to work that out. On top of that, we Muslims have an incalculable amount of respect for our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and in Islam it is a grave sin to insult the Prophet (pbuh).

On a wider perspective, why don't you look at the behaviour of America. It is a superpower and spends more on its military than the rest of the world put together. And it has been attacking and humiliating Muslim countries for many years now. I was reading John Simpson's article on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4732258.stm . In it he says:

The trouble is, public opinion in the United States still favours the use of force rather than reason.
Although he is a well-regarded authority, Cappelli's eminently sensible article was rejected by 24 American newspapers before finding a home in US Italia.

I hope this makes it clear to you that America's aggression towards Muslims contributes heavily to Muslims anger at it. We Muslims are not a people who will take beatings quietly. We will fight to the last drop of our blood.