For one, someone else’s religious mores should not apply to someone not sharing that faith. For example, why should the Hindu prohibition on beef apply to me? Why should the Muslim distaste for pork apply to a Hindu? Why should one religion’s prohibition on drawing a historical figure apply to anyone else?
The other issue is that there is only one religion I’m aware of that not only wishes to impose their rules on everyone else not sharing their faith but also commits murder to do so.
Draw Mohammed days seem like a fairly sensible way to drive home the point that free societies will not submit to the rules of other religions.
vfwiffo said, about 4 hours ago“I am waiting for army of Hindus who are going togo apeshit on us for our morally degenerate beef-eating habits.”Under the current Hindunazi government in India you can go to jail for five years just for possession of beef. Try doing a little basic research before sounding off.
“The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, but there is disagreement about visual depictions.12 The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad, but there are a few hadith (supplemental teachings) which have explicitly prohibited Muslims from creating visual depictions of figures.3 It is agreed on all sides that there is no authentic visual tradition as to the appearance of Muhammad, although there are early legends of portraits of him, and written physical descriptions whose authenticity is often accepted.”
The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Mohammad. It is largely cultural and tradition taken to the extreme when people kill other people for making an image.Of course, people who feel put upon by having to bake a cake for a gay wedding, you would think would be more sensitive to religious sensitivities. I am sure some Christians are. Of course Islam claims to be a religion of peace. How gracious are the extremely religious.
Hmm, the “Ten Commandments”, then Leviticus comes along and makes any violation of them punishable by death. Yup, kinder and gentler “interpretations” by all those rabbis, mullahs, priests and ministers over the centuries.
jan about 9 years ago
There are two problems here:
For one, someone else’s religious mores should not apply to someone not sharing that faith. For example, why should the Hindu prohibition on beef apply to me? Why should the Muslim distaste for pork apply to a Hindu? Why should one religion’s prohibition on drawing a historical figure apply to anyone else?
The other issue is that there is only one religion I’m aware of that not only wishes to impose their rules on everyone else not sharing their faith but also commits murder to do so.
Draw Mohammed days seem like a fairly sensible way to drive home the point that free societies will not submit to the rules of other religions.
Observer fo Irony about 9 years ago
It has been reported that an image of their prophet must not be made; I guess they just don’t want the image to be stereotyped.
Stan King about 9 years ago
The same is true for people of the other 49 states, as well as people of all other countries.
King_Shark about 9 years ago
vfwiffo said, about 4 hours ago“I am waiting for army of Hindus who are going togo apeshit on us for our morally degenerate beef-eating habits.”Under the current Hindunazi government in India you can go to jail for five years just for possession of beef. Try doing a little basic research before sounding off.
OmqR-IV.0 about 9 years ago
If I’m not mistaken, that’s Geert Wilders, a Dutch right-wing extremist in the cartoon, and a guest at this ‘event’.
PainterArt Premium Member about 9 years ago
“The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, but there is disagreement about visual depictions.12 The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad, but there are a few hadith (supplemental teachings) which have explicitly prohibited Muslims from creating visual depictions of figures.3 It is agreed on all sides that there is no authentic visual tradition as to the appearance of Muhammad, although there are early legends of portraits of him, and written physical descriptions whose authenticity is often accepted.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depictions_of_Muhammad
The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Mohammad. It is largely cultural and tradition taken to the extreme when people kill other people for making an image.Of course, people who feel put upon by having to bake a cake for a gay wedding, you would think would be more sensitive to religious sensitivities. I am sure some Christians are. Of course Islam claims to be a religion of peace. How gracious are the extremely religious.
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
Hmm, the “Ten Commandments”, then Leviticus comes along and makes any violation of them punishable by death. Yup, kinder and gentler “interpretations” by all those rabbis, mullahs, priests and ministers over the centuries.
OmqR-IV.0 about 9 years ago
They do stoke each other up, don’t they. Just wish they’d leave the rest of us out of it.
Mbezdek about 9 years ago
Let’s thank all those Muslims who are not sponsoring a contest for cartoons of Jesus.
Dtroutma about 9 years ago
How many drive bys and gang killings occur, every day,in the U.S. because somebody got “dissed”????
OmqR-IV.0 about 9 years ago
"And I guess some ignorant ones don’t know the security guy was unarmed. “
Willy Killus said ”May he recover to take out another raghead."
Racist, too. I’ve flagged him.