In response to some people who want to enlighten Muslims about Freedom of Speech:
Freedom of speech and hate speech are two different things. People can't hide bigotry behind the guise of freedom of speech. Suffice to say that the 14 min video was not an artistic expression of some sort of freedom of speech. It was a cheap movie, a piece of garbage meant to incite the Muslim outrage and it did so. You push the buttons and when you get the desired results you point a finger at them and say, " See i told you so!"
Violent reaction on behalf of the Muslims was wrong but people in the West must know by now what to expect when they try and insult the Prophet of Islam. Why act surprised?
Muslims have their own religious traditions and Christians have their own. All we ask for is a little respect. Give and take. We have one world to share and we all need to learn to co-exist and tolerate each other.
People in the western media start preaching to Muslims in a condescending way of how they can make fun of their own Prophets and even God and not care... There is a reason for this and that is as simple as the fact that these are two separate and different religions... Islam and Christianity. Different religions because we have different beliefs about different things and we have different religious traditions. Learn to accept us for who we are. Don't put our faith on trial because of the reaction of a few violent ones.
Judging one society and culture in the light of your own doesn't make any sense in this day and age. For you your own and for us our own. I do disagree with the violent reaction in some Muslim countries by a small group of people. There were peaceful protests too but they didn't get much coverage because violence and outrage sell. In Indonesia only 700 people went out to protest while sometime ago tens of thousands turned out to see Lady Gaga! But what got coverage was the 700 protesting. In Libya thousands went to protest against the radical militant groups that were responsible for the death of the US ambassador. They kicked the militants out of their neighborhood! Don't just focus on the bad there is plenty good out there too.
We need to learn to accept others right to free speech and react to any disrespect or provocation in an intelligent and peaceful manner and they need to learn to stop provoking in the guise of freedom of speech just to make a point about Free speech.
Freedom of speech and hate speech are two different things. People can't hide bigotry behind the guise of freedom of speech. Suffice to say that the 14 min video was not an artistic expression of some sort of freedom of speech. It was a cheap movie, a piece of garbage meant to incite the Muslim outrage and it did so. You push the buttons and when you get the desired results you point a finger at them and say, " See i told you so!"
Violent reaction on behalf of the Muslims was wrong but people in the West must know by now what to expect when they try and insult the Prophet of Islam. Why act surprised?
Muslims have their own religious traditions and Christians have their own. All we ask for is a little respect. Give and take. We have one world to share and we all need to learn to co-exist and tolerate each other.
People in the western media start preaching to Muslims in a condescending way of how they can make fun of their own Prophets and even God and not care... There is a reason for this and that is as simple as the fact that these are two separate and different religions... Islam and Christianity. Different religions because we have different beliefs about different things and we have different religious traditions. Learn to accept us for who we are. Don't put our faith on trial because of the reaction of a few violent ones.
Judging one society and culture in the light of your own doesn't make any sense in this day and age. For you your own and for us our own. I do disagree with the violent reaction in some Muslim countries by a small group of people. There were peaceful protests too but they didn't get much coverage because violence and outrage sell. In Indonesia only 700 people went out to protest while sometime ago tens of thousands turned out to see Lady Gaga! But what got coverage was the 700 protesting. In Libya thousands went to protest against the radical militant groups that were responsible for the death of the US ambassador. They kicked the militants out of their neighborhood! Don't just focus on the bad there is plenty good out there too.
We need to learn to accept others right to free speech and react to any disrespect or provocation in an intelligent and peaceful manner and they need to learn to stop provoking in the guise of freedom of speech just to make a point about Free speech.
