Why is it offensive to make fun of Mohammed?

[lolz??]

Because we're loving sick of these bombings

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[Count]

Questions like these go into what is ethical and what is not, and if you think about it, who or what defines what is ethical? Muslims really do take there religion extremely seriously and live with Islam as their way of life. I personally think the idiots in my religion who start burning stuff deserve the full extent of the law for the way they overreact to ridicule. You can't bring harm to people for insulting you or your religion, you just have to let it go. Muslims are very misguided around the world today and that's why this happens.

[Planr]

christians wont bomb you like someone said before, they take their religon a lot more seriously than christians, their prayers are a lot longer, they put more dedication into it, etc.

The Pharisees made long, loud prayers in public because in their pride they considered themselves better than others. They wanted others to look up to them and consider them to be the best. On the inside, they were hypocrites, fully religious but spiritually dead on the inside. The measure of faith has nothing to do with how religious you are or how long your prayers are, but of the hope you have in whom you are serving.

Muslims do not have any hope in their belief because there is no assurance of salvation. Even Muhammad himself was not sure whether or not he would go to paradise. The Quran teaches that you earn salvation by good works; If that was true, you'd go to heaven and boast about your works to everyone. Christianity is the only religion in the world that teaches you can't earn salvation. It's a free and eternal gift given by God to those who trust in Christ as their personal lord and savior. Now that's true hope right there!

And really, this whole situation of how it is considered unacceptable to insult Islam yet perfectly acceptable to insult Christianity is really a compliment to the superiority of Christianity. In a society founded on Christian values you have the freedom of choice. You will not find that in Islamic culture. Try declaring the message that there is no God to the people in Saudi Arabia; get back to me on that, if you get out alive. God has given us freedom to choose.

[Count]

lol @ plant thinking Saudi Arabia is what Islam is.

[Planr]

lol @ plant thinking Saudi Arabia is what Islam is.

I did not say this. However, Saudi Arabia is a heavily islamic cultural region.

[Bisjac]

because all Muslims have sand in their buttcracks.

[Count]

I did not say this. However, Saudi Arabia is a heavily islamic cultural region.

Iran is as well. Indonesia is too. So is Jordan, Turkey, and many other places. Saudi Arabia is a corrupt country run by a corrupt monarch. The laws in that country are not Islamic. Like the ones that restrict women.

[Planr]

Iran is as well. Indonesia is too. So is Jordan, Turkey, and many other places. Saudi Arabia is a corrupt country run by a corrupt monarch. The laws in that country are not Islamic. Like the ones that restrict women.

The laws that restrict women in those countries are based on the teachings of the Quran (the Islamic holy book), as well as other Islamic religious texts.

For example:

"Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great."

[comr4de]

lol @ plant thinking Saudi Arabia is what Islam is.

uh, Saudi Arabian law is very heavily based in the Quran.

[Muslim]

A better question is why it is considered acceptable to mock Christians but not acceptable to mock Muslims
But it goes without saying that the ways of the world are foolishness and wickedness.

because muslims actually take their religion seriously

[Count]

uh, Saudi Arabian law is very heavily based in the Quran.

Oh yeah based on it. It isn't actually Islamic though. It's very largely cultural and extremely strict, which is wrong.

The laws that restrict women in those countries are based on the teachings of the Quran (the Islamic holy book), as well as other Islamic religious texts.

I won't get into what the Bible has to say on women and other horrific teachings but if that's what you think okay.

edit: Also to plant about the verse you have quoted, it is a very controversial one. the word for 'strike' or "beat" in Arabic is udrib. The word can also be used in a different way such as it was used later in the Quran "wadaraba mathalan" Which means to give examples or teach them.

Heres a full explanation if you care: http://www.islamtomorrow.com/articles/women_treatment.htm

[Mister Cheese]

I do think it's pretty cool that Muslims respect Christians and Jews a bit more than other religions. At least, they did, I'm not sure if that's still a thing though

But yeah I'm pretty sure in their eyes Jesus, Abraham, and Moses (just a few examples) were all prophets of god, but Mohammed was the final prophet, and so making fun of him would be x10 worse than making fun of Jesus in Christianity.

I'm not an expert though, I learned about this like 2 months ago

[Muslim]

I'm actually very interested in the middle east, I don't agree with their law (esp. about treating women), but the region is still interesting to me (and my father). We might go to Emirates at some point (which he has told me is very americanized).

[Planr]

Muslims, Christians and Jews all hold the accounts of the first five abrahamic texts (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) as true, but they interpret them differently. Muslims do consider Jesus to be a prophet of God, but they do not consider Him to be their savior. The Jews have rejected Jesus as their savior completely, and believe that God has yet to send them their savior, who is first prophesized as early as the first few chapters of Genesis. On the final hand, Christians consider Christ to be sufficient because He has completely fulfilled the prophecies of the Abrahamic texts, and proven Himself to be the Son of God. He satisfied God's wrath as the perfect sacrifice for us, and we didn't deserve the grace God showed us through Christ at all. For that I can only be grateful.

[Mister Cheese]

Honestly, I like these types of religion threads where there isn't anyone fighting and everyone is being okay. I like to learn about this type of stuff, what other people believe in, their set of morales, etc. it's pretty cool.