who decides if its ok to make fun of the prophet?
94154
It's a sad life if you can't even make fun of your own beliefs. It's one thing to poke fun and it's another thing to discriminate. I'd hate to have a religion where you're not allowed to laugh or draw pictures of your religious hero.
396184
& wats problem in it??\nmuhammad(pbuh) was laughing \nhe said jokes \nbut not to turn all our life to be jokes\n\ni have a good sense of humor (thanks to Allah) \ni think it make ppl be persuaded with my speech abt islam \n\nit serves islam also\n\nthats all\n\nhave FUN
666750
Well, there is a lot to be blamed on the stupid terroists and the media. The terroists have potrayed the Islam in such a bad  light and with the less intelligence of the Westerners, it has always picked up the wrong ideas. So, they think that whatever is done by these terroists was advised by the Prophet Himself. Which is actually far from the truth! The prophet was a divine soul, not his followers. Similarly, Jesus was a divine soul not necessarily His followers are. They are ignorant and refuse to accept the power of faith and belief. The least you can do is forgive them for their arrogance and ignorance. Remember Prophet won wars without spilling a single drop of blood. Thats the ideal you have to follow. The hate would go as it has come. Dun worry about it. You cannot do anything about it. But take care to refrain from any comments demeaning others and other religions ! Slowly people would understand you and your faith.
793593
Cute pun, but I shudder to imagine that....person inflicting himself on  another religious community.\n\n'Course, if he tried the same stunts around us, we'd laugh him out of the room.  Maybe the country.
735168
"If I dont know you, and you do not know me and all you know is that I am Muslim, what gives you the right to insult me? I have nothing to do with your situation"\n\nWell said, sister! :-)
785632
A better answer would have simply shared the BIBLE's point of view on the matter and allowed the listener/reader to decide for himself what God's thoughts are on the matter. An offended person would be offended at the divine Author rather than at the answerer.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050715/article_02.htm
6977
It does not matter whether they can understand or not. It is hurting the person doing the teasing. It's very bad for the soul because you set yourself above the target. This is a form of pride. When you were first disgusted with the film, that was your conscience talking. When you started to compromise the "voice" inside, it stopped. This is what the Bible terms "searing your conscience with a hot iron". Not to that extreme, but more and more steps will make that "voice" inside you grow dim.
158052
It depicts Mohammed with some insults.
938367
Friend you did not offend me, But one thing I do say, is That Ishmeal was not a Prophet. He was a agitator, why do you think Sarah told Abranham to kick him out of the house, Because he agitate his half brother Isaacc, & a true prophet will not agitate.
171873
They dont respect the Islamic values. \nDont u get angry when someone draw your mom with the body of a pig? \nImagine someone draw their prophet with a pig body.\nWhat's the purpose? It doesnt make any sense unless negative movement.
1115400
None.\n\nIf somebody says something insulting then it is a person's choice to let that upset them or not.\n\nIf somebody has a story they can PROVE then they should have the right to tell it.
80596
The Pakistani cleric that put this $1,000,000 bounty does not even know that it was a contest and the cartoons was  actually drawn by 12 cartoonists.\n\nIt is sad to see someone that thinks he knows God and set out a bounty on the wrong people.  Why would God want you to kill someone?  If God was upset, he would have struck all 12 down.  Some of the Islamic clerics are uneducated even in their own religion.
494113
Speaking as a muslim woman who actually knows what the Quran says and the hadith say, I would say they are just being extreme and pick and choose what to believe in.  In the hadiths, the Prophet (PBUH) always excused insult such as this and would actually be very angry at how the muslims of today are acting.  I say that I know what it says, because I was never taken to a school like they are over there and I never had the posers brainwash me.  They brainwash these people and put their own interpretations into their minds while ignoring the parts that go against what THEY feel.  They like to scream about having rights over women, but they ignore the second part of that very same sentence that says women have the same rights over men.  They are just hypocrites.  They disgust me and make me angry that this is the face they want to show the world.  It pisses me off.
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i read this on bbc world website, that before the denmark newspaper published cartoons of prophet mohammad , on of their cartoonist came to the editors with the cartoon of jesus but one of their editor rejected it by giving the reason that it will arose hate. then why did published the cartoons of porphet mohammad.  \n\nanother reporter said on the same website that islam prohibits to sketch the god and all mesengers which include mohammad, christ and moses. \n\nthen why not another people realize this. \n\nu can check this on bbc website anytime.\n\nand tell me who is rite
1117784
I hear this all the time from people who can't stand to be criticized, even indirectly.\n\nThe murderer who asks, "Who are you to judge?"\n\nThe thief who steals because he is poor, and doesn't like the way he is treated in life.  When confronted with his crimes he says, "Who are you to judge us poor people?"\n\nThe slob who arrives late for a job interview, acts in a disrespectful manner, and when you try to help him out with hints on being more successful replies, "Who are you to judge?"\n\nThe cheating husband who claims his wife doesn't deserve a faithful husband because she is a b****.  When you tell him that his behavior is reprehensible he replies, "Who are you to judge?"\n\nThe politician who takes bribes and looks down on the little people as being unworthy to judge his behavior.\n\nThe terrorist who kills innocent women and children in the name of his cause, and when you criticize him he replies that you have no right to judge him.\n\nAny other group which tries to stifle debate about the harmful effects of what they are doing by trying to make you feel guilty for judging.\n\nCertainly there are times when it is wrong to judge individuals, because we never know all of the facts, but it is wrong to assume that we cannot make judgments on right and wrong.  We can judge types of behavior.  We can and must make judgments about people when it affects are safety and that of our children or others we have a responsibility for.  We can and ought to make judgments about who to trust with our money, time, and love.\n\nA great many people quote the Bible incorrectly.  The Bible says judge righteously.  The Bible recognizes that we must judge people.
586616
I would not have a problem with that.  What the prophet taught and what Islam is today is a different as night and day.  The prophet was the first leader to advocate woman's right, go so far as to allow them to inherit property from their deceased husbands, however, in today's Muslim world a woman is treated as property with very little in the way of right, either spiritually or legally.\n\nThis is just one example, there are many others if you care to look.
231931
I believe that along with the freedom of speech comes the responsibility to respect other people and their beliefs.  The prophet Mohammed is not the Danish people's prophet to blaspheme, and they should respect Muslim beliefs.  I'm not Muslim, but I try to respect what others believe, because I would hope to get the same respect myself.  It upsets me when people make a mockery of Christ.  If you don't believe, then just leave it alone.