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The Truth sometimes Hurts! |
Cartoons
and Freedom of Speech
By now, the more astute
of you will have realised that this isn't really the Prophet Mohammed's
personal website. It is not intended to offend but if it does then
that's just tough. There's nothing in my beliefs that says i can't
portray the Prophet Mohammed in whatever way I like. All I'm doing
is showing the same amount of respect to Islam as Islam's followers
show to other peoples' religions and beliefs.
Muslims may be offended by cartoons of their
beloved Prophet but civilised people are equally offended by public
beheadings, suicide bombers, fatwahs, babies dressed up in 'I
love Al Quaeida' hats and rampaging mobs baying for the blood of
all 'non-believers'.
This website (like thousands of other sites and blogs) has been
created in direct response to the barbaric over-reaction of Muslims
around the world to a few harmless cartoons. Had they reacted in
a civilised manner then not only would they have garnered worldwide
admiration and respect, but the cartoons would have passed by largely
unnoticed...instead, the savage workings of a seemingly backward
religion were laid bare for the whole world to see and consequently
the cartoons (together with many more highly offensive versions)
will remain online for years to come!
The Prophet Mohammed
It has been suggested that 'modern day' Muslims are reluctant
to see images of the Prophet Mohammed in case he is shown with
his 6 year old wife Aisha (although he did wait until
she was 9 before he consumated the marriage) thus leading inevitably
to embarassing questions about Muslims and paedophilia. The Roman
Catholic Church suffered Worldwide damage over the Paedophilic
conduct of its Priests, so maybe it's understandable why Muslims
are fighting to avoid a similar situation.
Images of the Prophet Mohammed have actually appeared in publications
and art around the world (Islamic included) for hundreds of years
with no adverse over-reaction. It seems that
Muslim thinking today has more in common with Hitler's jackbooted
Nazis than with the non-violent existence they keep telling us
they believe in.
Muslim 'unity'
Muslim 'unity' is something we're all used to hearing about.
Be it a united front on the Israel/Palestine
issue, death threats to cartoonistsor Islamic solidarity
over some other conflict against 'non-believers'. They all like
to portray themselves as a close-knit family unit willing to stand
up for the global rights of all other Muslims. So what happened
between 1980 - 88 with Iran and Iraq? Up to 1 million
dead and 2 million wounded - all Muslims killing Muslims...and
how about Saddam Hussein's Iraq? Hundreds of thousands of Muslims
killed by other Muslims...and how about the situation in Iraq now?
Mosques being destroyed by Muslims, Muslim suicide bombers blowing
themselves up at Muslim wedding parties etc, etc...the list grows
longer every day.
Has a more hate-filled religion
ever existed in the history of the World?
Politicians and the Media
Sadly, Britain has once again been let down by
its politicians and media. Whilst other European leaders, newspapers
and broadcasters remained united behind Denmark's stand for
freedom of speech, Tony Blair decided to appease British Muslims
and condemned publication of the cartoons. The BBC were even more
gutless and went one step further, offering a complete
apology to the Muslim comunity just for showing a foriegn newspaper
containing the cartoons. This is the same organisation that had
no hesitation offending Christians in 2005 by broadcasting 'Jerry
Springer, the Opera' despite receiving over 45,000
complaints.
Maybe Christains would have more luck if they too issued
fatwahs!
'Liberty' - The Human Rights Organisation
Rami Chakrabarti of Liberty, the 'human rights' organisation,
remained unusually quiet on the subject of freedom
of expression during the cartoon riots. Instead of appearing
in her regular prime time BBC news slot she decided to post an
ambiguous statement (tucked neatly away in the 'Liberty' website)
which appeared to lay all blame for the violence at the door of
the cartoonists (and anybody else who dared stand up for the most
basic of all human rights). Ms Chakrabarti's perverted view of
human rights seems to have several interpretations dependant on
which section of society you fall into. It's slightly ironic that
'Liberty' feels the rights of the majority should take second place
to a small minority whose sole intention is to do away with the
very rights 'Liberty' purports to uphold.
Despite its extensive bank
of lawyers, 'Liberty' does nothing to offer
answers or suggestions for ways to improve counter-terrorism laws
and make Britain a safer place to live, it merely takes the convenient
stance of saying 'no, no, no' to everything anybody else suggests.
This stance has helped alienate them from the vast majority of
the population who now see 'Liberty' as nothing more than a radical
left-wing organisation dedicated to standing up for anybody with
a grudge against Britain and its democratic values. Surely,
there are many Middle Eastern countries that would benefit far
more from 'Liberty's' endless campaigning than Britain?
Nobody wants to live in a 'Big Brother' society but equally,
the vast majority of people want to feel safe whilst walking down
the street or taking the tube. 'Liberty's' standard answer to any
new anti-terror law is that it could be used to abuse the rights
of certain individuals and therefore should not be introduced.
The truth is that almost any law can be manipulated in order to
abuse peoples' rights (if so wished). We live in a democracy and
have therefore placed our trust in those we elected to do 'the
right thing'. Although it's not perfect, there are several layers
of safeguards in our criminal system. It's now time for the
Government to start acting upon the wishes of the majority in order
to prevent yet another Islamic nut case from carrying out his genocidal
duty.
'Liberty' must start representing the rights of everyone and
realise that in a post 9/11 world certain compromises need to be
made in order to try and ensure the security of the majority.
Introducing
laws to combat terrorism is not submitting to the terrorist...doing
nothing is.
Muslim Council of Britain
Update
In June 2006
the MCB elected yet another right-wing Muslim to lead it's Westernphobic
rank and file. New Sec. Gen. Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari had only been
in office for a few hours before he started ranting about London
needing another 3,000 Muslim Police Officers and in his next breath
that Muslims should not co-operate with the Police over the Forest
Gate arrests. He also stated that the way for Muslims to feel more
integrated in British society was for 'Britain
to adopt more Muslim ways'. His parting words in a Daily
Telegraph interview were "We
really are doing our bit for Britain. We are flying the flag. But
the British should be embracing the Muslim community rather than
condemning it." Maybe when the Muslim community stops
murdering British subjects Britain might then look for a reason
to embrace Muslims...until that time you'll have to forgive us
for putting self-preservation first!
End of update
Believe it or not, the Muslim Council of Britain
(MCB) is what British Muslims like to think of as the acceptable
face of Islam. Often referred to as 'moderate' Muslims, one only
has to visit the MCB website to see their ultimate
aims are no different from those of any other Islamic based group.
You'll find page after page about Muslim rights (as stated in the
Quran) but nothing about Western democratic values.
It appears that Western laws should only be applicable when they
happen to coincide with Islamic laws. Sir Iqbal Sacranie
(Secretary-General of the MCB) stated that
the Danish cartoons 'provoked
hatred and division between communities' ... A bagful of
nails wrapped around several pounds of high explosive and detonated
on a packed commuter train does far more harm to inter-community
relations than a few cartoons!
Unsurprisingly, the MCB gave London Mayor Ken Livingstone
their full support in the row over anti-semitic remarks made to
a Jewish reporter and called the Mayor's suspension a 'clear over
reaction'. Is this the MCB showing their gratitude to Mayor Livingstone
for entertaining Yusuf al-Qaradawi in 2004? Al-Qaradawi's C.V.
includes supporting Middle East suicide bombers, justifying the
killing of Jewish women and children, endorsing the 'light'
beating of disobedient wives by their husbands and the execution
of homosexuals. Mayor Livingstone's portrayal of Al-qaradawi
as 'an absolutely sane Islamist engaged with
the world' is slightly
worrying but yet another example of how so-called 'moderate' Muslim
groups such as the MCB are influencing the actions of our politicians.
Sir Iqbal stated that groups such as Hizb
ut-Tahrir (an organisation already banned in several civilised
countries) should not be banned in the U.K. and that if they had
broken any laws they should be prosecuted under the law and not
driven underground. 'Our democratic values should be upheld, not
undermined' said Sir Iqbal (One law for Muslims and another
for Danish cartoonists?). Until recently, Hizb ut-Tahrir's
website promoted racism, anti-Semitic hatred, called suicide bombers
'martyrs' and urged Muslims to kill Jewish people. In
Denmark in 2003 Hizb ut-Tahrir's spokesman was found guilty of
distributing racist propoganda.
Despite overwhelming evidence, the MCB refuses to
accept the link between mosques and terrorism in this country .
Nobody is suggesting that all mosques are places of terrorist recruitment
but, Muslims seem to be blind to the presence of people like Abu
Hamza holding positions of authority and influence within their
community. Hamza is by no means the exception, Hamid Ali, spiritual
leader of the North Yorkshire mosque where the 7/7 suicide bombers
'worshipped' was secretly taped praising the bombers - even though
he publicly condemned the acts in the aftermath of the events.
If the MCB refuses even to recognise (let alone deal with) the
poison within its own community then it is no better than any
other crackpot Islamic group.
Islamophobic Westerners are not to blame
for tarnishing the reputation of Islam...Muslims need no help
with that.
Westernphobia
Muslims take full advantage of living in civilised countries
where they are able to exercise their rights to personal freedom.
Nobody wants to take those rights away from them, even if they
don't agree with what they say. It is, however, a two-way street
and they must learn to accept criticism and react to it in a civilised
manner, no matter how alien and unpalatable this may seem.
Why do Muslims around the world appear to be institutionaly Westernphobic?
This shouldn't actually come as any great surprise when anti-Western
indoctrination appears to begin at birth and carry on through
to death. If the problem were just a few mentally unstable Muslims
then the Civilised World would have little to fear. Unfortunately,
the majority of Muslims seem to believe our planet should be a
monotheistic Islamic state. Iran's 'peace loving' people recently
elected a power-mad nutcase hell-bent on wiping Israel off the
face of the Earth...and they wonder why the Civilised World is
slightly uneasy about their nuclear intentions...Let's
hope Israel does the right thing!
Bombs and bullets will always reign supreme for
Muslims. Palestinians had the chance to build on a warming of relations
with Israel and benefit further from the unilateral handing back
of occupied land. Instead they decided the way forward was to elect
Hammas into power. Hammas...The 'organisation' that selects boys
and girls as young as 10 to strap bombs around their waists and
hop onto school buses. it seems that Golda
meir was right when she said...
'There
will be peace in the Middle East only when the Arabs learn to love
their children more than they hate ours'
This website is my small contribution towards freedom of speech.
It is not intended to be outwardly offensive and
is merely a means for me to express myself and let off steam. I
feel that my views are just as important as the next person's.
Just because I don't use threats of violence to express myself
does not mean that I shouldn't be heard. |
(I don't know who wrote this - and, maybe it doesn't really matter)
A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War 2 owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. "Very few people were true Nazis" he said, "but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies Destroyed my factories."
We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who Bomb, behead, murder, or honor kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning And hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. The hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority" the "silent majority" is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia comprised Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 Million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population, it was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people. The average Japanese individual prior to World War 2 was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet. And, who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peaceful & loving"?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of Points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awake one day and find That the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many Others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life - Just think about it. |
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