of London’s Trafalgar Square Event
Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAH
Peace and Blessings be upon you
Hello Everybody
Today, under permission and support from London Mayor, Mr. Ken Livingstone, and in cooperation between UK Mainstream Muslim Community + Some Christian Organisations + Scotland Yard, a demonstration take place in London’s Trafalgar Square this afternoon regarding the insulting cartoons published via Jyllands-Posten last September, 2005
The cooperation between the Muslims, Christians, and Scotland Yard is to ensure that no extremists will involve within this event, as they represent a minority among Muslims.
From my point of view, and as I had explained before in the previous 3 posts + the comments, I had clearly mentioned that violence - from Muslims and Non - is not accepted, simply because it will never solve the problem. Violence is not from Islamic manners at all; as Islam denies any kind of threaten acts towards any human being - either Muslim or Non - and even towards any kind of creatures. That’s why al-Qaeda acts are not welcomed as they don’t reflect the real Islamic teaching.
On the other hand, there’s something I’m pretty sure 101% of : Muslims who live in the West are part of their countries, which means Danish Muslims are proud to be Muslim, and proud to be Danish, same as Britons, Norway, French …etc. They are full citiziens whom respect the country which they choose to live in, however their Identity - as Muslims - must be respected too.
Anyway, the previous posts have my thoughts regarding this cartoon row, the posts + the comments attached to them. Anyone is welcomed to place his/her comments after reading them in order to complete scope.
MISC
Regarding me, I’m still on the path of tuning my life as I said before, which still make my away from many other activities, and I shall update you as soon as possible, if something new happens to write about.
That’s all for now,
I wish everyone all the best in everything.
Related Posts
My thoughts regarding the cartoon row have been explained in those posts:
- The Winds of Change: Welcome 1427 [January 2006]
- of Prophet Muhammed 12 insulting Cartoons [February 2006]
- of torching the Embassies [February 2006]
Related Links
Links regarding this event + I-MAG:
Salam,
Hicham
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February 11th, 2006 17:20
Salaam Everybody - Good Job, and I wish to see more real acts to solve this cartoon row.
February 11th, 2006 20:52
Well said. There’s another side to this, though. The newspaper’s right to freedom of speech must also be respected.
Part of living in a free country is that other people are allowed to say things that offend you. If they offend enough people, those people can punish them–in this case appropriate actions include no longer buying the paper and peaceful demonstrations to convince others to do the same.
February 12th, 2006 01:34
Salaam Bob - thanks for your thoughtful opinion.
Well, I totaly agree with you as much as we are talking about regular people. In the previous post titled “of torching the Embassies” I replied to a near comment saying that No one can accuse anybody from telling his opinion, that’s Freedom that I understand.
However if we are talking about Prophets - whether Muhammed (PBUH) or others - limits must be placed. Prophets are not normal people who are subjected to right and wrong, rather they are the messengers of ALLAH (swt) – GOD – to Mankind, and Islam respects all prophets and had ordered Muslims to believe that they are the messengers to Mankind before the final prophet, Muhammed (PBUH).
That’s why Islam denies portraying any prophet – not only Muhammed (PBUH), and it’s a basic character in Islamic Culture that must be totally understood.
Anyway I hope to see real steps for solving this row from both sides which cam
February 15th, 2006 01:24
Would this be ‘Hicham’ from ‘Imag’? Either way, greetings, most inquisitive site. Keep up the Great Work. Have linked you on ‘The Heretic’.
Salaam
February 15th, 2006 07:22
Salaam Inquistor - According to the last check, the answer is Yes my dear friend; this is Hicham from I-MAG [*smile*]
Thanks for linking back. I’d linked you since sometime ago using BlogRolling service. Check my right sidebar under section titled Blogs + Freinds @ http://WWW.
Wishing you all the best, and keep on your great blog(s).