Muslim Cleric Accused of Blasphemy for Burning New Testament

If I burned a copy of the Da Vinci Code, would it be a problem?

Burning fiction books shouldn't be a crime.

 

It's obvious that this is done to pave the way for persecution of "offenses to the Quran or the Prophet". Prosecuting a Muslim first is just the way to do it.

 

The Egyptians that protested from start to end in the name of freedom are not represented by Morsi. They hate his guts.

Let's see how Morsi reacts to this. I think he is going to use this as an example of equality - i.e. see, blasphemy laws are applied to all religions.

Also, an Egyptian Copt's 6 yr sentence was upheld today for anti-Islam facebook posts.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news...ians+6year+prison+sentence/7308285/story.html

 

Right. But Webster's Dictionary...

 

Religion seems to be such a horrible thing.

Sure hope the good it brings outweighs all the terrible things done in the name of "God"

 

I suppose this form of blasphemy isn't punishable by moblike stoning or death?

Half Christin warrior Barry needs to send a hellfire missile up his ass pronto.

 

Muslims are taught at a very young age to respect all three holy books. In fact, you have to do wudhu before touching the words of either books...technically speaking. Burning the other 2 books is outta line.

 

You know when you guys are really going to freak out? When you finally discover that burning a Quran is one of the sharia-recommended ways of disposing of a Quran.

 

Egypt has had and enforced anti-blasphemy laws for a long time. This is not paving the way for anything.

 

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Baseless?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Egypt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Copts

Educate yourself, kid.

 

Are you talking to us or the angry mob who calls themselves Muslims?

 

The angry mob knows. They know these little minor details more than anyone else. In fact moderates are highly critical of those people because they tend to worship the minor details (how long should your clothes be, how much hair is ok to show) and gloss over the core principles such as the fact that the Prophet's primary message was his/people's freedom to believe what they want to believe without compulsion.

I was talking to those who think all the rage is about burning a Quran, be they Muslims or non-Muslims.

 

Are you saying Muslims are lying about the reason they are outraged?

 

Is Michael Douglas outraged just because he couldn't get breakfast?

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I don't think that Michael Douglas' anger and outrage is justified.

Are you saying that the Muslims who are outraged are crazy psychos?

 

That wasn't your question and that's not my response. I didn't say his outrage is justified. I didn't say the violent actions of protestors are justified either. In both cases, my argument is to the narrower point that the trigger point of these actions does not constitute the complete rationale for why these actions happened.

It is illogical to be obsessed with hearing that these actions are not jusified. No one supports the violent actions. Stop acting like it is otherwise. There are more specific areas where we should focus our attention to resolve these issues.

Whether Muslims should protest is none of our business as long as they stay within the confines of the law. I can say it is unethical, but that's just my opinion and they still have every right to go outside and scream about it

You asked if Muslims are lying about being outraged. They are not lying. They are outraged about it if they are out there showing it, but that doesn't mean that this movie is the only motive for being out there. The media abuses that idea - that this whole thing is purely about the movie. It is not. There are deeper issues. It is a bag filled with grievances which got too full and the last one caused the bag to tear open.

I gave you a clear case where a person is outraged and the tipping point is something small (in this case, no breakfast). Does that mean that Michael Douglas held up a store at gun point because they are not serving breakfast? Yes. Does it mean that the only reason Michael Douglas is over-reacting is because they do not have breakfast? No.

A lot of Muslims in the world are at the tipping point and therefore they reacted strongly to this. Muslims in my country are not at the tipping point - they are mostly well off, well educated, and even if they hold strong views towards the video the most extreme thing they will do is post their disdain in chats and facebook and twitter. Same goes for Qataris. Same goes for American Muslims. The people who are out there with violence and hateful messages are mostly not well off, insecure about their future, rely on poorer sources of information and a weaker educational background to analyze these events.

Sure, this cycle keeps repeating itself. As long as you choose not to acknowledge what is going on, a peaceful solution is unlikely. The Brotherhood is making mint by taking advantage of this - these are the values of Egyptians they say. Yeah right. The Egyptians who kicked Mubarak's ass out of his throne do not share those values. If we want Egypt to develop into a civilized free society, then we have to give the revolutionaries the spotlight, rather than constantly shine it on the moronic behavior of those who swooped in and hijacked Egypt's revolution.

 

Do you think Morsi is one of those who hijacked Egypt's revolution? That's what I understand from your long post.