On Teddy Bear, Names And Muhammad
Posted on November 30, 2007
Filed Under Islam, Middle East, News, Sharia, Terrorism
A 54-year-old mother of two, British teacher working in
Mrs. Gibbons escaped a harsher punishment of 40 lashes, six months imprisonment and a fine after she allowed her six and seven-year-old pupils to give a teddy bear toy the name of the Muslim prophet, Muhammad.
So often we’ve witnessed the displays of Muslim’s outrage when their prophet or their values were allegedly insulted. The scenes of rallies staged by frenzied Muslims, burning flags and effigies, demanding death of the “blasphemers” and declaring a holy war on everything that is non-Muslim flooded our TV and computer screens.
This time was no exception – demonstrators in Khartum, the capital of
If we look beyond the regular Muslim hysteria, we will again see a horrifying hypocrisy surrounding the behavior of so-called “radical” and “moderate” Muslims alike.
For the sake of the argument, let’s adopt their point of view and try to draw some parallels between what happened in
The name Muhammad is extremely popular in the Muslim world; why wouldn’t it be…it’s after the “greatest Prophet who preached peace, tolerance and co-existence”.
Here are my questions to the Muslims:
How many of Muslim men, named Muhammad, are involved in terrorist attacks on Muslims and non- Muslims alike, and what should be done to them and those who named them after the Prophet?
Blowing oneself up in the middle of the market in
If we follow your logic, shouldn’t the parents of these terrorists whom they named “Muhammad” be punished just like the British teacher was, since, according to you, killing is against the values of Islam? Shouldn’t there be mass rallies, burning the flags of the countries where these Muhammads originated from and kicking and jumping on the effigies of their parents?
But let’s leave terrorism aside for a moment, since we and Muslims have a different understanding of what terrorism is.
Let’s try this question:
How many men named “Muhammad” are sitting in European, American, Asian and African jails for theft, domestic murder (a.k.a”honor killings”), rape and other crimes that are not “terrorism” according to your standards? If you, the Muslims, try to be consistent, shouldn’t these men carry a tougher punishment for their deeds, since they bear a greater responsibility once they are named “Muhammad”?
Aren’t these crimes a much bigger insult to the name of the Prophet than a harmless, soulless and mindless toy and the naive British teacher could ever be?
Shouldn’t the parents of these criminals be punished (just like the British teacher was) for failing to explain their dear little Muhammads that their name symbolizes “the Greatest Prophet”, therefore they must excel in everything they do…or may be they do excel in what their Prophet was so good at (forgive my political incorrectness)?
It will never occupy other people’s land and never twist history;
It will never call for jihad on “unbelievers”;
This Muhammad will never claim to be a great prophet and then “marry” a 9 year old child, or butcher those who refuse to recognize him as a leader and a prophet;
It will never think of strapping a bomb to its chest and walking into a crowd of women and children whose only “crime” is buying fruits and vegetables in the market and going to school.
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