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Originally Posted by The_Cranberriest
I've always defended the press freedom in case of attacks of totalitarian regimes. But this freedom should never give someone the chance of making insults to another ones. I want to tell you only a few sentences about our belief at drawing the pictures of prophet Muhammed, as a Muslim if you don't mind..
Prophet Muhammed banned artists to draw his portraits or any kind of pictures by himself. He didn't want Muslims to worship to the pictures of him after his death. That's why pictures, portraits, cartoons or caricatures of prophet Muhammed can't be drawn, according to the Islamic belief. No one has to have this belief. As we always say, Norwegian and Danish people may not believe this, this is natural and no one can force them to believe in Islamic faith. But they have to view respect to the religional beliefs of other people on earth. And to expect this respect from western people is the most natural right of us, Muslims.
I want to repeat it just before finishing my post. Everyone should distinguish the 'press freedom' and 'insulting'. There are some situations when the press freedom is restricted almost in every law system of the world. I wish Scandinavian people had put themselves in Muslims' positions before publishing those caricatures that include clear insults to Muslims.
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Hi Cranberriest - thanks for posting the explanation of why drawings of Muhammed are not permitted in Islamic faith.
I cannot say that I agree on your views of freedom of press, though. I think that the the very meaning of "freedom" is to give
everybody the chance of expressing whatever they want. Having said that, however, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is that when you do share your thoughts with other people you should always be very alert to their reactions, and be prepared to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. And of course, you should not hesitate to apologize if you find that you've made a mistake. And that, no need to mention, should go both ways!
Sometimes people inadvertently happen to hurt other people's feeling - that's only natural, we are all just human beings - but the trick is not to let yourself get carried away when it happens. Communication is not always an easy thing, but it would help if everyone would take into consideration that we can only be responsible for our own personal thoughts and feelings and that we should treat others the way we would like them to treat us.
Nathalie