Why were some of the muslims, Prophet Muhammed, so angry about some cartoon?
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In Islam, one of its main deals is that you can't draw a picture of either God or Prophet Muhammed, or portray them in a film, etc. \n\nIslamic art is mostly based on script (writing) because of it and mosques don't contain pictures like churches do, or stained glass windows, etc.  Mosques do have great Arabic calligraphy though that can be seen as a sort of picture, but because it's letters it isn't.\n\nWhile it may seem "funny" to the West that these people are so mad about a cartoon you have to understand the Islamic world better.  The Islamic world thinks that the West is out to put McDonalds up in place of every mosque and they think that most Westerners hate them and want to destroy their religion.\n\nInstead of saying to them, "hey Muslims, chill out man, we're just like you,"  the cartoonists and newspapers basicially said "you know what, you people are idiots and we disrespect you to your face".\n\nNow Islamic criticism does exist, so do portrayals of the prophet, in cartoon and critically.  So why this particular set of cartoons?  Because some political leaders in the Middle East are provoking these riots, mostly done by uneducated men who have never seen the cartoons.  It's a politically motivated event.  The cartoons were published last September for J's sake.\n\nAlso, the entire Middle East isn't rioting, it's a few dummies.  Most Middle Easterners, while Muslim, are upset about it, but care more about their jobs, family, living day to day, etc.  \n\nA fantastic blog is listed below, it's by a Saudi guy living in London and is against all Islamic extremism, check it out.\n\nHope my answer helped.
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You don't see Jews protesting against people that don't eat kosher food.  You don't see Christians setting Cartoon Network's flag on fire because they use Jesus in South Park.  It's one thing to be upset about the cartoons, but to set fires and hold up signs that say "europe will see it's own 9/11".  To threaten against innocent people who had *nothing* to do with this is blasphemous, because life is sacred.  It's a picture, a cartoon that was printed in a country that has freedom of speech and press.  If you don't like it, then don't look at it.  I know it's against their religion, but if I'm not a part of that religion then those rules do not apply to me.  They are just looking for more reasons to be angry against democratic countries...  (just look at Iraq, their people marched about the cartoon...  maybe we are actually seeing some improvements over there).
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It is a greater blasphemy to sin against God by killing in his name.  It literally gives the name of your God and your prophet a bad reputation among outsiders of your faith.  If these injustices were not done in the name of Allah and the Prophet, there would be little for cartoonists to make cartoons about!\n\nI am so happy to see you, a Muslim, making this point!  Thank you and I hope that you can get your message across to others in Islam and I hope that you can spread the message that terrorists are doing more harm to Islam than anything else.
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maybe those ppl who support the cartoons dont have any thing better to do ???!!!\n\ni for one do respect all faiths such as christians ,jews ..considering that i am a muslim...i do not dare mock jesus or   moses ...and respect those prophets alot...i dont know why some ppl want to mock muslims....for a muslim i am agianst all the killings of any innocent ppl regradless of thier faith...but i am also agianst those who disrespect my religion and my prophet {PBUH} and will do all that is inmy power to protect OUR RIGHT...which is called freedom of protection hehe and not freedom of expression= freedom of abuse... these ppl are using that..! dont u agree??
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No one forces them to look at the cartoons.\nThey should just get over it!\nThey claim to be peaceful but they don't live it.
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Islam is paranoid because the Faith is built on a violent man who let his sword speak, married children and preached violence. (link 2)\n\nThe Islamic faith isn´t backed up by historical events like the Bible. Its like some big fairy story.\n\nWhen the Danish cartoons came out, bedlam broke out and muslims went berserk. But no one complained about the Muslim cartoonist  Al Watans Anti Jewish, anti christian and anti US cartoons did they (link 1)? Was Al Watan given a fatwa, or threatened with death?\n\nIn fact governments are so scared of these lunatics they ban and remove everything which might provoke them, in fact this reply will probably be deleted for "abuse" even though its based on fact and is my free speech!!!
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Yes without a Doubt.  All Muslims are angry at what happened.  We love the Prophet more than ourselves.  Freedom of speech comes with the responsibility to respect and honor all the prophets(i.e Muhammad, Jesus, Moses.. Peace Be Upon them all)\n\nDue to this and other events, I would take the approach of educating others about the prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).  \n\nThe following are just a few sayings of the Prophet Muhammad(Peace Be Upon Him) :\n\n"Whosoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak what is good or be silent." \n\n'The most perfect of the believers in faith are the best of them in morals.  And the best among them are those who are best to their wives'\n\n'Whoever believes in God and the Last Day (the Day of Judgment) should do good to his neighbor'\n\n'God does not judge you according to your appearance and your wealth, but He looks at your hearts and looks into your deeds'\n\n\nAlso, I would like to show what famous personalities say about the prophet (Peace be upon him):\n\nYOU SHOULD KNOW THIS MAN\n\nENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA confirms: \n\n\n"....a mass of detail in the early sources show that he was an honest and upright man who had gained the respect and loyalty of others who were like-wise honest and upright men." \n(Vol. 12) \nGEORGE BERNARD SHAW said about him: \n\n\n"He must be called the Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace and happiness." \n(The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936) \nHe was by far the most remarkable man that ever set foot on this earth. He preached a religion, founded a state, built a nation, laid down a moral code, initiated numerous social and political reforms, established a powerful and dynamic society to practice and represent his teachings and completely revolutionized the worlds of human thought and behavior for all times to come. \n\n"His Name is MUHAMMAD" \nMay Peace of God Be Upon Him (pbuh) \n\nHe was born in Arabia in the year 570 C.E. (common era), started his mission of preaching the religion of Truth, Islam (submission to One God) at the age of forty and departed from this world at the age of sixty-three. During this short period of 23 years of his Prophethood, he changed the complete Arabian peninsula from paganism and idolatry to worship of One God, from tribal quarrels and wars to national solidarity and cohesion, from drunkenness and debauchery to sobriety and piety, from lawlessness and anarchy to disciplined living, from utter bankruptcy to the highest standards of moral excellence. Human history has never known such a complete transformation of a people or a place before or since - and imagine all these unbelievable wonders in just over two decades. \n\nLAMARTINE, the renowned historian speaking on the essentials of human greatness wonders: \n\n\n"If greatness of purpose, smallness of means and astounding results are the three criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislation, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the then inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and souls....his forbearance in victory, his ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death; all these attest not to an imposture but to a firm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was two-fold, the unity of God and the immateriality of God; the
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The more those people protest about insignificant cartoons the more other people realize that maybe religion (specifically islam) is not worthy of following.  Who wants to follow a prophet that has thin skin.  If you have to believe in a god, wouldn't you want one that has the ability to laugh at himself?
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It just shows how Muslims are.  They are violent and hateful.  If this had been done to a Christian they would merely write some scathing articles about how rude it is to attack their religion.  But how do Muslims handle it?  They want to attack a group of people who had nothing to with the cartoons.  This would be like Russia bombing us and we respond by saying "We wont allow Russia to succed.  That is why we are now bombing the Czech Republic"
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I wouild say, "I am sorry that you have taken offense to this cartoon, but sometimes this is the price we must pay for a free press and free speech.  The main point is, sir, that in a free and open society if you are tolerant of what you interpret as a slur on your religion, other groups will be tolerant of your perceived slur on their religion.  Tolerance is the key.  If you find this impossible, you cannot expect Jews to tolerate a Muslim religious leader calling Judiasm a 'gutter religion.'"
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How does anyone know what Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) looks like? How do you know those cartoons are of Him? Just because someone says "look, I drew this man and he is Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)", will you believe that??\nWhere were these rioters when Muslims were killing others in the name of Prophet Mohammed, PBUH? I feel that the insult caused to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)'s name by killers who kill in His name is a 1000000 times worse than these silly little cartoons.\n\nWomen are killed in honor killings in the Prophet's name and no one is upset. Innocent people like Danny Pearl are beheaded on camera and no one is upset. And yet some Danish newspaper publishes some silly cartoons and the whole Muslim world is suddenly upset. When will the followers of Islam look inside and realise how much the religion has been destroyed from inside??\n\nAdded later:\nNow you have used his name on this page. What does that mean? Muslims should realise that just because THEY don't do something, it does NOT mean that the rest of the world can't do it.\nExample: Muslims eat beef, which is holy to Hindus. You don't see Hindus upset about Muslims eating beef!\n\nWhy were there no riots when an Edyptian paper published the cartoons in October: http://egyptiansandmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/02/boycott-egypt.html
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I also think mariane is right, Muslims should forgive. \nWhen Mohammad recaptured the Mecca he didn't go for revenge. He forgave all of his enemies and you know that his enemies killed his beloved uncle "The lion of God" Hamzeh and even ate his liver...\nMaybe the cartoonists found it funny but now I think they don't think its funny.\nOf course if they think I'm a troll because I'm a muslim and I can destroy their dreams they must go to a psychiatrist as fast as possible. It is Islamphobia paranoia and can be very dangerous.
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Surely you know that Muslims believe a depiction of the Prophet (or anyone, really) is blasphemous imitation and a violation of God's prohibition of "graven images".\n\nFor that matter, no one has a clue what the apostles, or Jesus, really looked like.  All those portraits are symbolic.
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Because they gutlessly caved in to the inane ravings of the violent lunatics known as Muslims.\n\nThe Muslim world routinely publishes the vilest most nauseating lies about every other religion but they have the unmitigated gall to scream death threats when anyone says anything, no matter that it is true, about their so called prophet.\n\nMuhammad personally led armies to slaughter and enslave his neighbors in his own lifetime. Not just his followers but the so called  prophet himself was a man of violence and aggressive evil.
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because they published bad photos about islam
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The extremist people supporting the extremist reaction by the radical islamics sure don't mind when the islamic papers put out hate filled cartoons against Jews, Christians, the image of Jesus, etc... The extremist islamics are reminding me of the kid in school who loves to make fun of someone else, insult them and call them names. And the minute it is returned, they start bawling like a baby as if they had NEVER done it themselves\n\nHello pot... this is kettle calling... something about the color black\n\nSeriously though... freedom of speech allows for the offensive. Those offended have the right to speak out about it, but not this extremist and violent type of reaction like we have been seeing.
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My personal opinion is that they were in bad taste.  I would defend to the death the cartoonist's right to draw stupid tasteless cartoons.