Why do religious censors in moderate Islamic countries consider Hollywood action movies or TV programs...?
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You know what, the only word you wouldn't hear in the cinema isn't the f word, isn't the c word, isn't anyword you could think of but the word "God".\n\nYes, you can hear the f word, the c word, the d word clearly, but you will never hear the word "God" in a movie or on TV! Ironic isn't it?
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The real Islamic religion doesn't preach what the terrorists believe.  It's twisted like so many religions are to suit the views of the fundamentalists.  I would imagine that some Islamic peoples are angry and scared about how their religion has been twisted.  I would be.  I'm Christian and I can't stand the thought of what the Crusades did.  Barbaric.  People of all cultures need to realize that not all Islams think like the zealots.  They are living, breathing, caring people and should be supported as such.
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those animals are not muslims,the koran strickly forbids the harming of innocents,of which,in their sexist world view,all women and children are included.adherants and infidels.
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I dont think I can answer that question fairly for a couple of reasons... \n1. I dont live in that region so I dont really know what life is like for each side (dealing with constant bombings, roadblocks, the occupation... etc) \n2. I'm not a Muslim nor am I Jewish, and those religions play a huge part into the conflict and how they perceive the situation\n3. My perception of the situation is probably distorted because I am a Westerner and my only source of info is the Western media (and we all know how fair and accurate they portray things!!!) \n\nBut if I absolutely had to choose I would probably side with the Palestinians, because they had their land taken away from them, and their lives uprooted, in order to give Israel a homeland.  BUT I do not, under any circumstances, think that makes it acceptable to send suicide bombers into Israel to kill innocent people.  That will just make Israeli's treat the Palestinians even worse... making it a never ending vicious cycle!\n\nI watched a movie called "Paradise Now" (or something very similiar).  It's about the conflict between these 2 countries and it really gave me a greater insight on what is going on over there... It made me think and question a lot.... pretty good movie!
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All cultures have their own morals. If most of the Indonesians agree to ban kissing in public places, let them have it. However, I think the punishment is too strict.\nThat’s also ok if they ban porn in public places (for example, putting playboy int he shop window), but it’s very stupid to ban the sale itself. Banning the whole stuff is rude restriction of human rights.\nBesides, why is there porn? Because people want it. If they didn’t want porn, they wouldn’t buy any, so the ban would be very hypocrite as well. Int he U. S. A. banning alcohol created huuuge crime. Now what do you expect if SEX is restricted?!
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You make some good points. It's amazing how so many people can deliberately ignore calls from Muslim leaders, even in "moderate" countries, to kill or convert all non Muslims. Were it up to me, we wouldn't give a penny to any of those monsters.
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Their koran is not as sacred as they pretend. When Muslims sneak into our country from Mexico, they leave their "holy book" and prayer rugs in the desert to help conceal their identity.\n\nLet's see...when they capture one of ours, they cut off his head in front of a camera. When we capture one of theirs, we put them in a climate-controlled cell, give them three meals a day (that conform with their religious needs), and...oh, dear...put underwear on their head and take naked pictures to embarrass them.\n\nGee, would I rather have my head chopped off, or have a pair of panties on it? I'll think about that and get back to you.\n\n.
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There have been many movies mocking Jesus and many works of art mocking Jesus. But Muslims are afraid because they know Islam is false so anything making light of it might expose it's weakness. Like weak little childeren they have temper tamtrums.
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I don't think they're overeacting at all. It's very offensive toward the entire church and faith community. Someone draws a cartoon of Muhamad and it causes worldwide rage among Muslims. This movie completely shoots down the credibility of the Christian faith - and sadly - a lot of people buy into these theories. I think it's only rational to be upset - if you're a Christian period - not just a Roman Catholic.
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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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Censorship is a dirty word, I do think there is such a thing as polite, but we in everyday life are bombarded by mfer this and f that, just turn on HBO or Cinamax, things that go on every afternoon on my tv are soft porn. I find it humorous that we all do the things that we censor ourselves with, I sh*t every morning, I fcuk every night. but I do not want you to pass the fcuking salt at the dinner table. It is really hard to understand why one thing is considered dirty and the same thing is ok. If you get it all figured out let me know.
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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.
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Muslims: too many extremists without boundaries, too few mainstream moderates to condemn the extremists.  Killing in the name of religion?  you are a bonehead moonlight, what you are talking about is demanding that no one criticize or poke fun at one of your icons unless they want to be killed.  That is outrageous!
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I think they are nice people who respect God what ever our religious difference is. I also think most of the Arab world is religious and willing to make sacrifices for their beliefs. That is an admirable thing until it turns to violence. I think there are very few Arabs out there that give most of the Arab population a bad image. The Arabs I had a pleasure of acquainting with in my lifetime are open minded, respectful and simple happy people. I think they should work hard to get ride of the fundamentalists. As some one mentioned before they also had a lot in the contribution of technology by their based creations of alpha bets, mathematics and many more.
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I dont think Islam respects anyone who doesnt see like they do, which may be true for other religions too, but "death to the infidels" is a uniquely Muslim idea that may bear upon the poor image.
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Some movies are just violent without making much sence. It's just cheat entertainment.
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Of course there are...just the same as there are many people who appear to be Jewish or Christian in public. \n\nI've met many-from various countries-several from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and other former Soviet Republics, just to name a few.  \n\nI think you will see a lot of this in individuals who live in a country where the government proclaims itself to be either an Islamic State, dictatorship or Communist.  These forms of government are so oppressive that it fosters tendencies towards atheism. \n\nLiving in a country where the tv programming(to include news, entertainment and educational), as well as every aspect of one's life, is censored and overly saturated with Islamic ideologies, is overbearing to the human spirit.  God wants us to submit to Him by our own free will, not because it's being force fed to us every where we turn...not because there's secret police watching to see if a woman's stockings are dark enough or if she's wearing nail polish(Iran).\n\nFor Jews and Christians, I believe their tendency towards private atheism would be more as a form of rebellion from overly strict/traditional homelives....one may ask why I say this, but one only has to look at the statistics, or see how full the churches are to see this.  When people are given freedom of choice, they tend to chose well for themselves.  When people are forced to chose something, they tend to question the validity of it as well as rebel against it.