Here is the link to the movie that sparked the attack on U.S. diplomatic posts in Egypt & Libya. There are 2 reasons why there were attacks by the Islamist extremists because of this:
- Hadith Muslims do not believe in the depiction of the prophet Mohammed in any way, to avoid causing him to be a symbol of worship. (This is strange to me, as there is no depiction of Allah anywhere, but we worship Allah - without a physical representation of Him.)
- This was a very derogatory depiction of the prophet. Very offensive to people who honor him and respect him.
As Muslims, we venerate each prophet equally (or at least we should). This means that respect should be shown equally across all prophets, which include Moses and Jesus. This obviously doesn't happen across the Muslim community, as mostly Mohammed is the only one ever referred to.
As we all know, Jesus is super-defiled all over Western TV shows, cartoons, etc, etc. Why then, aren't these zealots killing people over that? If we're being consistant, shouldn't the offensive jokes and images about Jesus be equally as infuriating? To be a good Muslim, you should be respecting all prophets. And I'm assuming that those attackers think they're good Muslims. So as a good Muslim, naturally you should react in extreme violence to protect the honor of the prophet, no? . . . You see how this makes no sense, right?
Yes, the video is insulting to people who follow Mohammed or Islam. Am I going to go rampaging through the streets of Dallas, breaking store windows and setting cars aflame? Absolutely not. Muslims love to remind the world that Islam means peace. . . So why would you go and attack the U.S. diplomats - to prove peace? Does that help the world see the true peaceful Islam, or does it back up all the bigotry and offensive statements the video made?
Let's get it together, Egypt & Libya. You're embarrassing the rest of us.
