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I’ve been following the controversial regarding the case of “Freedom of Speech” and found it really interesting yet something vital is missing. Well, the concept can be summarised into the following statement: “No one should be persecuted for his/her opinion regarding whatever as we are free to criticise and offend others.”

Okay! What about defining “freedom” at first? I’ve modelled freedom before, over I-MAG, as a bird that has two wings, and flies within a certain medium, heading towards a final destination. Let me elaborate more on the terminology mentioned up:

• The two wings are sense and responsibly.
• The medium is the freewill of the people, and;
• The destination is the welfare of a certain community on the minor scale, and thus humanity on the major one.

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Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAH
Peace and Blessings be upon you

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In a past 3 posts + their comments, I’d told my opinion regarding the Danish Cartoon Crises, therefore I’m not going to tell any more opinion regarding this. I just want to focus on some other reactions + resources in this post.

Furthermore, the next issue of I-MAG incha’allah will carry my official point of view regarding what had happened + other articles from the editorial stuff.

1 - Amr Khaled + Muslim Scholars
Amr Khaled, the 39 Egyptian Muslim preacher, is thinking about launching a conference, to be held on Denmark, in order tell the truth about Islam, prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and the whole cartoon row issue.

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Peace and Blessings be upon you

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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.

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Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAH
Peace and Blessings be upon you

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We saw in the news that the Danish Embassy and Norway Embassy in Syria + Danish Consulate in Lebanon were attacked by angry protests. Well, as I mentioned in the previous post, in point No (6), violence is not accepted in the current cartoon crises; wither against Muslims - via burning the Qur’an or anything else - or against the European citizens - via burning their Embassies or anything else.

I’m always against using violence; simply because this will not solve any crises. I consider violence as a catalyst for increasing hate between nations, and at the end we find everybody is loosing.

In parallel, Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) never used violence by any mean to solve problems he faced with the pagans, simply because He came as Mercy upon Mankind, therefore this is not from real Islamic Manners at all. We are all humans at last, and if any Muslim or Non-Muslim thinks that violence will solve this crisis, he/she is totally wrong; neither burning the Embassies - via angry Muslims - nor burning the Holy Qur’an - via angry Nazis - will solve this crisis.

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Assalam Alikom wa rahmat ALLAH
Peace and Blessings be upon you

Hello Everybody

Well, this post is to clarify some important points regarding what I told in the previous one + the comments raised after such post. You can refer to it at the end of this post.

First of all,
As I said before, what had happened is not something that offend our religion; rather Muhammed (PBUH) is a symbol of our religion, and we - Muslims - can’t stop and only watch when we find anyone saying bad words + insulting the prophet (PBUH). That is not acceptable at all by any mean or via any method.

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