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- Muslim Group Offends Some Christians With Jesus Advertisements
From CNS: “Jesus: A prophet of Islam” states the provocative tagline in a “public awareness” advertising campaign launched by a Muslim group in Australia’s largest city. The group, calling itself Mypeace, says its aim is to inform, not offend...
- 'moderate' Makeover...
...of an Extreme religion. Islam is teaching us every day about what it actually is through the behavior of its most devout followers. One problem for ‘Moderate Muslims' is that they're referred to as 'Moderate Muslims', so as to distance...
- The Vatican And Al-azhar University Agree
Al-Azhar "university" "Both sides vehemently denounce the reprinting of the offensive cartoon and the attack on Islam and its prophet," officials from both religious bodies said in a statement seen by IslamOnline.net. Concluding a two-day meeting of...
- Where Is The Outrage : Part Whatever
As the onslaught of shows about Jesus hit the airwaves this Easter Weekend, I couldn't help but wonder where the outrage amongst Muslims can be found in the frequently quite negative portrayals of Jesus (Issa to Muslims). Not many of the shows on...
- A Letter From A Reader
I’d like to share with you all this very interesting email I received from a reader recently – we’ll call here Christine to preserve her identity – as a response to my article, Islam: The enemy of democracy and freedom! which appears on FaithFreedom.org....
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You Can't Not Insult Islam
From Elder of Ziyon
From Lebanese news source Menassat:
The Moroccan Ministry of Communication banned the entry of the international-edition of the French daily L’Express to Morocco on October 31 because of a report that was published in its October 30 issue.Of course he doesn't understand. He thinks that there is a logic behind what Muslims will consider insulting.
One of the articles was titled "Jesus,the rebel message," and another “Mohammad, prophet and warrior”, to establish the differences between Islam and Christianity.
Managing editor Christian Makarian said he didn't understand this reaction because the articles deal about the conflicting relation Islam can have with other religions, but never contained any defaming or offensive sentences.
The Moroccan Ministry of Communication simply banned the publishing of this newspaper, declaring that the report is “an insult to Islam”, based on article 29 of the Moroccan Press Code, which permits the ban of newspapers “when they insult Islam, the royal regime, the territorial integrity, the respect to the King and the public order.”
Magazine staff are surprised and don’t seem to understand why they are being blamed.
Preemptive measures were taken: in order to respect the Moroccan sensibilities, the face of Mohammad was veiled, in conformity with Islam to not show the face of the Prophet.
No precise article was mentioned, which means the whole report is suspected.
However, the report doesn’t bring any new information. The articles were inspired by Christian Makarian’s book, The confrontation: Jesus-Mohammad, with the sub-title, Jesus and Mohammad don’t speak of the same God.
According to the site algerie-dz, the part entitled, Mohammad, prophet or warrior, was the reason behind the ban, which would be a paradox, knowing that the Sira as well as the Quran described the warrior activities of Mohammad, even mentioning how he distributed his loot.
The document, going back to the Quran, also reminds that the Holy book mentioned that the “previous ones”, the Thora as well as the Gospels, were falsified, and that the Christians will add Mary to the Trinity.
Hence, the comparison between the Bible and the Quran, is difficult, with the ill-established bases.
“In respect to the religious sensitivity of our Moroccan readers,” adds Makarian, we took care to conceive a cover specially dedicated to the international edition, with the face of Mohammad being veiled, in conformity to Islams customs.
The image used is issued from an Ottoman manuscript of the XVI century and was not modified. Despite this special attention that shows our respect to the Moroccan public and Islam, we were banned. I don’t understand.”
- Muslim Group Offends Some Christians With Jesus Advertisements
From CNS: “Jesus: A prophet of Islam” states the provocative tagline in a “public awareness” advertising campaign launched by a Muslim group in Australia’s largest city. The group, calling itself Mypeace, says its aim is to inform, not offend...
- 'moderate' Makeover...
...of an Extreme religion. Islam is teaching us every day about what it actually is through the behavior of its most devout followers. One problem for ‘Moderate Muslims' is that they're referred to as 'Moderate Muslims', so as to distance...
- The Vatican And Al-azhar University Agree
Al-Azhar "university" "Both sides vehemently denounce the reprinting of the offensive cartoon and the attack on Islam and its prophet," officials from both religious bodies said in a statement seen by IslamOnline.net. Concluding a two-day meeting of...
- Where Is The Outrage : Part Whatever
As the onslaught of shows about Jesus hit the airwaves this Easter Weekend, I couldn't help but wonder where the outrage amongst Muslims can be found in the frequently quite negative portrayals of Jesus (Issa to Muslims). Not many of the shows on...
- A Letter From A Reader
I’d like to share with you all this very interesting email I received from a reader recently – we’ll call here Christine to preserve her identity – as a response to my article, Islam: The enemy of democracy and freedom! which appears on FaithFreedom.org....