12 September 2012

From Rushdie to Stevens: This Madness Must Stop

Here we go again. From books and films to cartoons, teddy bears and desecration of copies of the Qur'an by a handful of American fundamentalists and soldiers, the story is the same: instead of ignoring material insulting and offensive to Islam, or forgiving their authors as the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would have done, some immature Muslims resort to violence that ends up killing people who had done more than most to actually help Muslims or Muslim-majority countries.

Furthermore, the poor-quality "offending" material receives far more publicity than it deserved, and the image of Islam is dragged through the mud yet again, to the exasperation of the vast majority of ordinary, decent Muslims. [The Huffington Post] Read more