A friend of mine just asked me why the Muslims are only condemning the killers of the Charlie Hebdo incident, and why aren't they talking about what the paper often published which was disrespectful towards Muslims?
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I thought I should share what I think about it here. In Islam, people are free to choose what they want to believe and express...Islam is pro freedom...During the time of prophet Muhammad, there were many people in the society who disrespected and offended him publicly and privately, even throwing things at him as he walked in the streets.
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As Muslims, when we look at how he and his family responded to such incidents, we learn how to respond as well...He was always gentle and patient and never returned evil for evil...as God commanded him many times to always repel evil with good (Quran: 41:34, 23:96, 28:54)....
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In today's world, it's no different...we are not here to "judge" but to "love"...we are not obliged to "correct" or necessarily "respond" to the extreme actions of others even if those actions are against our beliefs...in fact we are prohibited from any violence....
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So for the case of the cartoonists who disrespected Islam and Muslims, our response must be similar, as the holy Quran again says "For you is your religion (way), and for me is my religion (way)" (109:6)...however, for the Muslim response to the killing done in the name of prophet Muhammad and Islam, there is a lot of disappointment, because that is the opposite of what we are taught and is in fact exactly against what we stand for...
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Thus, the Muslim community must condemn any and all such acts and express their disappointment....so, the reason why Muslims aren't talking about the disrespectful illustrations is because in all of history there were always people who were intolerant and disrespectful to the religion of God, and it is not a new thing; however, our prophet-like reaction to such people and such actions is what makes us Muslim, the people of God.....
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