The above question is appropriate. Why?
A US Democratic presidential hopeful was asked whether he once belonged to a radical Islamic sect. He denied it vehemently!
Another Republican presidential candidate said he would never have Muslims in his cabinet if elected.
Westerners are quick to brand Muslims as terrorists and suicide bombers.
A British MP banned veiled Muslim women from visiting him in his office.
And the “university pope” quotes a medieval emperor as lambasting Prophet Muhammad.
The offensive statement: “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”
Now the questions Muslims should be asking are: “Why do they hate us?” “What’s wrong with Islam?”
Arthur Zulu is a writer and publisher
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Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islam. Show all posts
Monday, December 10, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Is there a Conspiracy Against Islam?
Yes, is the world ganging up against Islam? It all started with the 9 / 11 terrorist attack in New York. After that and related incidents, everyone is labeling Islam and provoking the Muslim community.
First, there were the Muhammad cartoons in Denmark--the most offensive of all had the prophet carrying a bomb on his head!
And then someone went out of the way and decorated a toilet seat with a Koran verse.
As if that was not enough, a university student in Nigeria cleaned up with pages of the holy book after using the toilet!
Writers like Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrem are making fame anf fortune satirizing Islam.
And this: A 54-year-old female British teacher in Sudan named a class teddy bear Muhammad, after 20 out of her 23 six and seven-year-old pupils voted in favor.
Now, there is "Fitna," the 15-minute movie by Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders featuring violent imagery of terrorist attacks intertwined with Koranic texts!
In each of the above cases, the Muslim world has asked for the heads of the "infidels."
The question then arises: Has this "ungodly" world conspired against the holy faith? If so, should the "blasphemers" have the fatwa? Or do you think that Prophet Muhammad should be left alone to contend for himself? Are they instances of freedom of expression? Some say writers have written worse things about Jesus Christ without Christians starting a "crusade." Is that a justification? What do you think?
Arthur Zulu is a writer and publisher.
http://www.arthurbookhouse.com
E-mail: info@arthurbookhouse.com
First, there were the Muhammad cartoons in Denmark--the most offensive of all had the prophet carrying a bomb on his head!
And then someone went out of the way and decorated a toilet seat with a Koran verse.
As if that was not enough, a university student in Nigeria cleaned up with pages of the holy book after using the toilet!
Writers like Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrem are making fame anf fortune satirizing Islam.
And this: A 54-year-old female British teacher in Sudan named a class teddy bear Muhammad, after 20 out of her 23 six and seven-year-old pupils voted in favor.
Now, there is "Fitna," the 15-minute movie by Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders featuring violent imagery of terrorist attacks intertwined with Koranic texts!
In each of the above cases, the Muslim world has asked for the heads of the "infidels."
The question then arises: Has this "ungodly" world conspired against the holy faith? If so, should the "blasphemers" have the fatwa? Or do you think that Prophet Muhammad should be left alone to contend for himself? Are they instances of freedom of expression? Some say writers have written worse things about Jesus Christ without Christians starting a "crusade." Is that a justification? What do you think?
Arthur Zulu is a writer and publisher.
http://www.arthurbookhouse.com
E-mail: info@arthurbookhouse.com
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