Marching for special treatment
Thousands of Muslims are expected to attend a rally this weekend. According to Iqbal Sacranie of the MCB, the purpose of this rally is twofold:
1) To demand that Islam be treated with a higher degree of respect than any other religion. In particular, that one of its taboos – that its prophet must not be depicted pictorially – should apply not only to good Muslims, but also to everyone else in the world.
And
2) To condemn those Muslims who make this demand too shrilly and violently.
How about turning it around and TELLING them that they shall receive no more special traeatment than those who wish to believe in UFOs and or aliens
Reverse Racism-
The protestor’s in London belong in jail for inciting race hatred. If it had been a group of Christian fundos calling for the destruction of Islam and the death of all Muslims that do not respect Christ, the ink would not have had time to dry on the signs before they were behind bars.
Whats more disturbing is the fact that actual racial violence against a minority people has been raging in the US State of Alabama all week, yet the media is still gawking at these ignorant fundaMENTALISTS.
As far as I’m concerned these cartoons are rude and offensive to Sikhs too because they don’t look anything like muslim instead depict a sikh guy with Kalma written on his turban. On behalf of the Sikh community, I demand an apology from the Jyllands- Posten and then all the other newspaper for reprinting this slander. And I also demand special treatment for the Sikhs to prevent this mistake in the future.
If they’re going to make a dignified protest, fair enough, it’s their right (though I still think it would help if they just explained WHY a mere picture is worth burning buildings over) but I’d be interested in knowing how they’re going to shout down anyone who turns up and makes their demand ‘too shrilly and violently’.
Bigger megaphones… bigger placards….?
Further to Kim’s comment, support her second remark but can’t agree with the first entirely as some fundies I witnessed a few years back making very similar remarks about Muslims or gays in church events were in local government or the police force, and I didn’t see any rush to arrest them, even after I reported them. However, re Alabama, there’s a report at
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2031467,00.html,
you can also see the kind of stuff going unreported in the US at the Southern Poverty Law Centre’s ‘Hatewatch’ site.
hi all .. I am a Muslim girl .. and i was offended, like the majority of my country, Egypt , by the violent acts done against innocent non-muslims as a reaction to the caricatures . all i know is that it harmed us more than it helped . and i do believe that there are hidden hands behind those acts . demonstrations are highly flammable and simple people could be driven to do violent acts so easily . i don’t know if my comment is gonna be posted or not , but i really hope it will .. at least that will prove you’ve got that freedom of thought .. i’m not here to condemn anybody’s cats nor to prove we are the super-religion .. that would be rediculous . all i’ll try to do is try to make u see things from our point of view . in our religion , even in war , we’ve got rules .. you should not kill an elder , a woman , or a child .. you should not even cut a tree .. and i’m speaking of wartime .. i am speakin of islam , and not muslims .. cuz many fundamentalists do not understand what islam is . for example bin laden could never be considered a muslim .. not anybody who harms , or murders an innocent person who’s done no crime .. to those , you are free to curse and arrest and even kill .. cuz what they are doing is not jihad but crimes . our prophet was a great man .. and he really has nothing to do with those terrorists . he’s a man who founded a civilization that lasted for hundreds of years .. a civilization of science , arts , and free thinking .. such a civilization would never ‘ve been founded on the shoulders of a terrorist .. WE ARE NOT ASKIG FOR A SPECIAL TREATMENT .. because in our holy book it is written that we should believe in God , his angels , his holy books , and his messengers .. we respect all prophets and all religions .. and this is what we are demanding .. we want special treatment for all sacred symbols .. whether islamic, christian, jewish, buddihist or whatever .. just like there are laws against racism and anti-sametism .. i read so many things on this site that did hurt me a lot .. but let me ask u all .. how many books have u read about islam ? how many books have u read about Muhammad ? plz don’t let the media be all your sources cuz not all muslims are truly following Muhammad .. plz before u say a word against him , at least read about him a little .. maybe he is not as bad as u think .. maybe our religion is not as bloody as they make it seem .. we’re not asking for superior treatment but at least give us the treatment of jews !! .. i really wonder if the same newspaper could’ve published caricatures making fun of the holocaust ..
plz everybody .. there’s too much hatred in the world .. really too much .. some understanding , on your side as well as ours , won’t hurt anyone .. i read that post saying that the best solution is to publish such insulting caricatures on daily basis until we get used to it .. how would u feel about such a comment if u were at my place ? so if a woman is afraid of gettin raped , best solution is to rape her on daily basis .. till she gets used to it huh .. guys, u should be a bit more logical .. let’s not harm each other more ..
Yes you are.
The UK Muslim population is about 1.6 million, based on 2001 census returns, about 40% (607,000) of whom live in Greater London. If the Muslim community wanted to send out a clear signal that it is a moderate, peaceful, law abiding faith why were so many staying away? We are also told that organisers were bussing in protestors from Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and even Glasgow. Why did so many Muslims stay away from a protest on their very doorsteps? Is it because the event organisers are not representative of the wider Muslim community?
In reply to Nada, Muslim’s do demand special treatment, traditional Bristish Food is not suitable since it is not Halal, you dont find British women walking are with there faces covered? If i walked into a bank, off licence, petrol station with my covered l would not be served, maybe even the police would be called! Is that special treatment?
Islam is nopt a peace loving religion at all [Koran 9.5] “So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them”