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Originally Posted by Nedusa
The cartoons appearing in today's Charlie Hebdo newspaper are peaceful and conciliatory they show the prophet Muhammed with a tear in his eye holding a "Je suis Charlie" sign with the words above saying All is forgiven.
Yet on radio phone in shows this morning , ALL muslim callers said these latest cartoons were insulting to the Prophet and insulting to Islam.
WT actual F...........!!!!!
There is no pleasing these people, these were random muslims phoning in to a talk show yet every one of them say only "Their beloved faith" (Fairy Story) insulted by these cartoons.
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I agree with the religion = fairytales part but, to play devil's advocate, the images being peaceful and conciliatory is sort of irrelevant because the "offense" they feel isn't anything to do with whatever he happens to be doing in the images. many (I think most?) Muslims are taught that ANY visual depiction of any prophet is wrong / insulting, even if it's an anatomically correct attempt to draw what they might really have looked like, just standing doing nothing at all. So, I'm far from surprised that a cartoon holding a banner was deemed offensive.
I agree though it does illustrate the "strangeness" of it all. Not just Islam but all faiths, really. I was quite taken aback recently to learn that a friend of ours, who is a committed Christian, apparently "winces" when she hears people blaspheming, because it hurts her to hear people use her "friend" Jesus's name alongside swearing. Something that I do constantly! And my wife. And our 5 year old daughter... oops... ("UH! Look at this mess, Jeeeziss Chrissstt daddy"
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Anyway yes, it totally baffles me that people can get themselves so worked up over these things. I must be a very strange way to live, believing in supernatural forces and beings that can be "offended" etc. I can barely imagine it really.