Why do Muslims are being humiliated in the western media?
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the best way to war against someone is to take their humanity away. huns, japs, gukes, ruskies, pinkos, commies, whateveer the iraqis are...all meant to keep them from being people. the stupid masses would never support this or any war without 'the bad guys'. thats why theres so much anti muslim, arab, middle east hatred being bred in our movies, tv, radio, culture & politics. propaganda man.
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Go to Ogrish.com and have a look at Muslims cutting off westerners heads,, thats if you have the balls to watch.This answer is aimed at all you liberal lefties, not the guy who posted the question , with whom i agree
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I am a christian.I understand the muslims are maybe more religious than others.So why do they offend these people?Why don t they just let them be?The muslims never offend other religions but we "westerners" provoke them.
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The problem is that these countries controlled by religious class and dictator governments which prohibit and restrict free press and exchange of other ideas.  Most Muslim countries prohibit or otherwise threatened by violence anyone preach his/her religion to Muslims.  Media restricted, everything restricted. and only one way of understanding imposed on the society. so of course when you're child you hear mostly about Islam is the best and other relgiions suck, and you even study Islam in school esepecially if you are Muslim.   \nOne way of thinkin, one view, one eye, cuz lots of misunderstanding and extremism.  and that's why in my view that extremism increased in Islamic world, despite that other relgiions' extreme fans reduced much.    if you don't see the whole picture how you can judge it?   that's the case of many Muslims.  their reaction is non-logical and too much.  and it is hyprocacy by those who lead it, because it is true, in Islamic world other relgions critcizied and rediculated.\n\nSome they might tell you that NO, Muslim respect "Jesus (PBUH)" but then mostly they add "as prophet", they already put conclusiom. that's because they already believe in Jesus and Moses according to Islam, not according to rsepect other relgions.  for instance, Buddha is often insulted in some TV shows, jokes and some cermons.   Hindu also rediculated.  Newspapers often insult Jewish star and rediculate it and connect it with Israelites attrocities.   While NO single Muslim or very less would accept tie Islmic symobls to Terrorism.    Van Gogh, holand move director, killed because he shows Quran verses on women body in his movie.  does that make any sense?  and many say that was good this man who killed him.   OF COURSE, NOT ALL MUSLIMS SUPPOT THAT AND NOT MAJORITY... many Muslims I heard them they criticized that reaction and they call for calm down. \n\nThanks
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i think this will answer you , whatever your question is \n\nthe abuse is being from the following aspects :\n\n1- muslims never had the drawing of thier prophet mohmmad peace be upon him approved or accepted by all mean , since we were in kindergarten they taught us about him , about how did he struggled to awake the mankind by teaching them the REAL islam , the religion of peace and love ,which nobody knows about it today , you only know the damaged version , the tortured-image version , so they never told us this is his picture , we didn't wish to see his face as much as we wished to be capable of applying all things he ordered us to do and follow , that's why we feel insulted when they draw him , and what a draw ! oh please ! did you see those cartoon , please? now if you don't like the way our faith and religion is , please don't bother yourself with it , buddhist or hindus can worship a cow , we don't like somebody to draw our prophet , any problem?\n\n2- again , if it was just a nice picture for a sweet man who looks gentle , maybe some muslims around the world would appreciate that ! they may say now we can imagine a good picture for our prophet and we may feel we are closer to him , but what happened is all far from this , they depicted him in the worst picture a muslim can posess : \n\na - some muslims knows nothing about islam , they don't really follow the right islam , they bomb others and kills innocent without being in a legal war , now , when those danish draw our prophet wearing a bomb on his head , and moreover written on it the sentence that 1.300.000.000 muslims say each day in each pray in 5 prayers ( la elaha ella allah ( no true god but allah ) mohammad rasolo allah ( mohammad is the messenger of allah) , for god sake what reaction are you waiting for ? he was blaming his fellows if they kill an insect or an animal without a purpose ! this is the real islam how dare they put a bomb above his head , peace be upon him .\n\n\nb- " We ran out of virgins " , what a cartoon!!!! you won't even allow me to depict your father doing that , or even your bf , then how can i keep silent when the one i believe he is the best man of humanity is being depicted like that ? our prophet had 12 wives , yes , but please did the one who drew the cartoon read islam histroy before doing that? did he know where did each wife of them came from? did he know that we call them -his wives- :" mothers of believers " , and all muslim women try to follow them in the fabulous way they lived , can't I say : objection please , this is very offensive !! \n\nc- a man with a beard and a knife in his hand ,,, and 2 women behind him with the dress more than 30.000.000 million women in the islamic world usually wear it ( included iran and saudi arabia ) ( i.e : vail and long black dress and only eyes appear) , please , what kind of freedom was that ? what kind of human those who are going to accept it? \n\nthat was a description of 3 out of 12 cartoon , how was that? convinsing?\n\nnow , continueing my points : \n\n3- the world care so much about the human rights , right ? human rights knows no time or specific place to be applied at , let's ask those who don't believe in our prophet mohammad peace be upon him and they made cartoon about him : doesn't he has human rights like all others? if some people who claim to follow him did bad things to you , what's his fault ? a simple example : if a man killed your father , what is his son guilty for? \n\nand imagine , after all what i have just said , good muslims around the world have condemned burning embassies and killing or destroying anything because it's anti-islamic behaviour , they called only for boycott , the simplest right,\n\nso now who owe the other one an apology and who's the real guilty?
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Because it was proven that the cartoons. that were printed by the Newspaper were not the cartoons. that were shown to the islamic imans in Iran. And further more no person seems to be able to say anything bad or derogatory. about the Muslim Religion.\nBut for any other religion its ok for people to make fun of them.
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People have been brainwashed to think Muslims are bad. Only if those people could see past the cloak of media, then they'd know what's up, but unfortunately, they can't. It's not a certain religion, race, or group that's bad; it's an individual(s) who did bad thing(s). It's just a cruel world out there, dude, a cruel world. Some people just can't let others live in peace.
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there is  a marked  difference of believes but still there was a possibility of that but now  media has dragged  them soo much apart that its realy impossible for now...muslims are angry about killings in Iraq , Afghanistan and palestine and christains are angry about 9/11 and london bombings.....and media is making things  even worse . Well on indiviual level  it is possible but not for  whole community..
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Yes, because they can potentially be terrorists.  Is not that they dont embrace western culture but actively seek to destroy it.  Take for instance France and England, where they are not allowed to display religious symbols in fear of offending the Muslims.
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They are tired of being humiliated.\n\nI mean... they been suspected of terrorism, seen a super-power invading an islamic nation like nothing, they see soldiers humiliating islamic prisoners, have western nations telling them what energy to use, are being told they are not civilized because they dont have western standarts, theyget threatened and have their religion made fun of...\n\nI wonder how you would like that?
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It has a lot to do with the media. I know that here in America, the only muslims we see in the news are related to terrorism. That instills fear in people, and because we're never taught about Islam really, very few people challenge the media stereotypes. It's pretty sad. I have a muslim friend from Egypt who's studying to be a teacher, and when he went to help in a classroom all the kids were afraid of him. Even beyond the news, TV is really judeo-christian centered. Most of the sitcom families are Christian or Jewish; I don't know of a single show about a muslim family, and it all just contributes to the ignorance that propaganda manipulates.
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There could be many reasons though I can only think of one: \n\nWe are all getting a bit uptight about Islam. Everybody including politicians are condemning Islam. Therefore, Muslims over the world are a bit..... how should I say..... frustrated......??? They see anything like this against them. A few years back, I should have also thought like this. (that ransacking muslim graves is racist and anti-religious)
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A lot of it is a result of propaganda. I don't think we *all* jump to the conclusion that *all* Muslims, etc. are overly reactionary, though they are the "enemy" right now and many here feel it's their "patriotic" duty to hate them. But we need to remember that only a fraction of the Muslim population is responsible for recent terror attacks, not the group as a whole. It just so happens that the most vocal group of Muslims is the part getting all the attention.\n\nThis is the problem of allowing too much religion into our lives. Faith in a higher power is fine, but too much "devotion" elicits fanaticism. Look at the Danish cartoon flap - now in Iran, Danish pastries are called "Roses of Mohammed" or something like that. That and (especially) the rioting and embassy burning is an EXTREME overreaction to what is really a piddly editorial cartoon. Regardless, we need to remember not to hate the Muslims for their religious beliefs, but we can hate the way they think they need to carry them out. I can't imagine any religion truly advocates such violence or reactionary behavior - if so, it's definitely not a religion worth following.
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The word 'cartoon' is irrelevant in this whole story - it is not the way Mohammed was depicted, but the very fact that he was depicted at all which causes offence to Muslims. There is no easy secular or Christian analogy.\n\nMy own opinion is that any newspaper aimed at a mass or general market should attempt to be sensitive to as many views as possible. Let those who wish to exercise press freedom as an end in itself, simply because they can, be happy with pamphleteering until they can appreciate that with freedom comes responsibility.
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The same reason they make cartoons of anything.  For fun.  I think that the whole uprising and the threats of war are stupid.  Yes, the prophet Muhammad said to his followers that he did not want to be idolized, but the artist is not Muslim and the Muslims didn't draw it.  No harm no foul.  Now they are trying to get back by drawing cartoons of the holocaust.  Like we're going to fly off the handle?  We're not the insane terrorist bombers like the few that reside within the Muslim religion.
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yes I know...I really condemn actions of some Muslims who deny that Islamic newspapers rediculate other religions especially Judiasm and also Buddism... I seen plenty of them.  please be honest little... \n\nthis is another link collected some of them:\nhttp://www.tomgrossmedia.com/ArabCartoons.htm\n\nthere are lots of bad things, please Muslims recognize them so we can change them. stop denying\nI heard many who consider jews are the worst in the world.. and the israelit start (6 elements star) almost banned, if anyone drew it will be accused and maybe reveneged against him/her as jew!!
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Hi Faisel\nMost people in the west are mainly Christian and anything different\ninstills a sense of fear. This has been going on since people got\nit into their heads that since they are so clever, there must be something or someone who made such wonderful specimens!\nbut, unfortunatly some people think that their version of the almighty\nis better than joe soaps next door. Newspapers and the media alike\npick up on this and sensationlise this,it sells papers so yes they do get paid. As a non practising catholic I like many others are  uneasy with the muslim religion because it is an all or none religion and anyone who is not muslim is looked upon as no good.\nIn the west everybody is equal regards colour,creed,man,or woman. When you have people like Abu Hamza etc..etc..\ntalking ( not representing the muslim community ) about how\nnon-believers should be killed in the name of islam it is easy\nto understand why  non-muslims would fear islam. I am sure\nthat the quran was not meant to be interpretated the way some people are abiding by it these days.It is so easy for newspapers\nto have a go at islam when the muslim community lets itself\nbe represented by zeolets.To the media islam is the goose that layed the golden egg.