No Sympathy For Offended Muslims
To call Muslims angry at the Danish newspaper depictions of Muhammad hypocrites is accurate. And they, all Muslims have lost my sympathy. I remain cautiously heartened when word comes that one of their clergy condemns violence; then I lose hope when the Iman dictates the terms the West must meet in order for civility to return.
"The volcano was inside," Ahmed Abu Laban, a Palestinian immigrant to Denmark, said at a mosque in Copenhagen. "Now it's erupting, and after the volcano there will be peace again."Abu Laban called for more dialogue, saying Muslims do not understand Europe and that Europeans are reluctant to learn more about Islam.
"We shall talk in Denmark. We shall talk in New York. We shall talk in Geneva ... and they will listen to us that we believe in God. And most importantly ... do not touch Muhammad."
Hey pal, I will learn about Islam only if I find it interesting, and I will not be behaving according to its tenets because I am not a Muslim. Muslim law has no jurisdiction in my life, that is a Western lesson for Muslims to learn. And if you don't like our approach to freedom of belief, then, don't go west Iman! If I decide to create or display an image of the Prophet, tough, get over it. Because, even if the Koran does forbid such depiction, a principle which may not be true, the prohibition does not apply to me; I am a non-believer. And in the same way that I am not concerned with avoiding consumption of meat on Friday, because I am not Catholic, do not expect me to adhere to the rules of YOUR religion either. Won't happen pal. Tell that to your people; don't try to tell the rest of us how to be Muslim. Who cares what motivates Muslims to be hateful, just stop it already. That act is tiring.
I know the game. Muslims have been angry and warring for my entire lifetime, longer, I do not expect them to suddenly change. I know that they are a danger, and yes that does cause me to fear them. And that is to their detriment. I would be far happier to not have them affecting my life in any way, and I would be content to not disturb them. But they are not going to let that happen, are they? The fascist elements without your young religion have the controls, they have an agenda of hate and destruction which overshadows the blessings within Muhammad's teachings. They, those who would use Islam to gin up the masses in revolt against all other beliefs are doing more to defile Muhammad and his teachings than could one billion artists. Pictures which show the Prophet together with bombs portray accurately the way your religion is being managed. Such depictions do not so much defile Muhammad as they portray and ridicule what has happened to his vision of a religion of peace. Now it is a religion of pieces, there are pieces of the Koran used to instill falsehoods and hatred, and pieces of your so-called martyrs and their victims, but there is no peace coming out of Islam. It is not a religion of peace; it is a religion in pieces, inspiring its followers to blow themselves and others to pieces..
Want a clue on how you can change Islam for the better? Eliminate the concept of Jihad. Embrace your Jewish brothers. Dismantle your religious schools of hate. Learn to laugh a little. And buy Danish, as a peace offering, a symbol of reconciliation.
Oh, and shut up and mind your business, and let the rest of us mind ours, and then my sympathy for the people of Islam may grow anew.
