May 20 is ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed Day’

gurusan · 27 Apr 2010 at 12:49

Angleboy said:
In short, Religion played no part, its presence in any scientific progress is irrelevent as it had no direct interaction with the development of any scientific gain.

Gregor Mendel's work in a monastery?

SexyGreyFox · 27 Apr 2010 at 13:57

sanaxe1 said:
Why should someone else's believes dictate what i can and can not draw?

Lets put this into context.
99.99999999999999999999% of Muslims don't give a stuff if you draw a cartoon of Mohammed and just get on with their lives & religion and follow their version of the Koran which is a peaceful religion.
Over the last 3 weeks I've been staying in a Muslim country and if I decided to draw a picture of Mohammed possibly 2 things would happen -
1) Their version of the Koran wouldn't have a problem with me drawing a picture and they would just shrug their shoulders
2) They'd ask what have they have done for me to insult them by drawing a picture

You seem to think that EVERY Muslim was baying for the blood of Rushdie, Southpark and the Danish cartoonist but the simple fact is the vast majority wouldn't give a stuff and just get on with their day to day lives.
If you think that it's wise to antagonise a tiny minority of Muslim idiots that could make them worse then go ahead.

dokko · 27 Apr 2010 at 14:01

Mohammed was a paedophile.

MeEsH BaKkA · 27 Apr 2010 at 14:08

Participant · 27 Apr 2010 at 14:18

dmpoole said:
If you think that it's wise to antagonise a tiny minority of Muslim idiots that could make them worse then go ahead.

South Park didn't do it to antagonise people, they did it for a joke and a laugh and to sell the show to the paying public. Being antagonised by something does not always mean that the thing that antagonised you was placed there deliberately to do so.

Yas786 · 27 Apr 2010 at 14:28

dmpoole said:
Lets put this into context.
99.99999999999999999999% of Muslims don't give a stuff if you draw a cartoon of Mohammed and just get on with their lives & religion and follow their version of the Koran which is a peaceful religion.
Over the last 3 weeks I've been staying in a Muslim country and if I decided to draw a picture of Mohammed possibly 2 things would happen -
1) Their version of the Koran wouldn't have a problem with me drawing a picture and they would just shrug their shoulders
2) They'd ask what have they have done for me to insult them by drawing a picture

You seem to think that EVERY Muslim was baying for the blood of Rushdie, Southpark and the Danish cartoonist but the simple fact is the vast majority wouldn't give a stuff and just get on with their day to day lives.
If you think that it's wise to antagonise a tiny minority of Muslim idiots that could make them worse then go ahead.

Well said

dokko said:
Mohammed was a paedophile.

Well if you had any clue you would realise that back in those days, it wasnt uncommon for men to take on extremely young women/girls as their wives....obviously by todays standards its not a good thing but then our standards and laws of today wouldnt have applied back then

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KNiVES · 27 Apr 2010 at 14:29

An extremely crude rendition of Mohammed.

AGD · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:00

Spawn said:
Well said

Well if you had any clue you would realise that back in those days, it wasnt uncommon for men to take on extremely young women/girls as their wives....obviously by todays standards its not a good thing but then our standards and laws of today wouldnt have applied back then.

One of the main points of religion is that they provide a foundation for an absolute moral system, not a relative one. i.e. if it was ok for muhammed (god's most important prophet) to do something then it is ok in god's eyes and not against islamic morality. The same is true of islam and slavery. You can't sidestep the fact islam has no problem with these things. It fundamentally goes against our modern understanding of morality and human rights.

Cosimo · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:15

KNiVES said:
An extremely crude rendition [/QUOTE]

You have hidden talents, I’d keep them that way. ;)

tibbsey · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:24

KNiVES said:
image

Why does Mohammed have a taco for a hat?

Azza · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:27

KNiVES said:
An extremely crude rendition of Mohammed.

Seems about right to me.

Hunders · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:31

And why does he have the eyes of Sloth from The Goonies

EDIT: If dmpoole is correct in saying that 99% of Muslims wont be offended by people drawing Mohammed then what is the problem? The point of this draw Mohammed day is to show the moron Muslims that freedom of speech is a right of ours which we enjoy and resent anyone who makes us unable to practice it. As far as I can see, this is targeted at said moronic Muslims and not the masses of decent Muslims of which I have had the pleasure of meeting a few of.

Participant · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:35

LMAO, first Google images result for 'Mohammed':

Andy · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:38

dmpoole said:
Lets put this into context.
99.99999999999999999999% of Muslims don't give a stuff if you draw a cartoon of Mohammed and just get on with their lives & religion and follow their version of the Koran which is a peaceful religion.
Over the last 3 weeks I've been staying in a Muslim country and if I decided to draw a picture of Mohammed possibly 2 things would happen -
1) Their version of the Koran wouldn't have a problem with me drawing a picture and they would just shrug their shoulders
2) They'd ask what have they have done for me to insult them by drawing a picture

You seem to think that EVERY Muslim was baying for the blood of Rushdie, Southpark and the Danish cartoonist but the simple fact is the vast majority wouldn't give a stuff and just get on with their day to day lives.
If you think that it's wise to antagonise a tiny minority of Muslim idiots that could make them worse then go ahead.

The Southpark joke was an elabourate ruse to expose said 'extremeists'. I know plenty of Muslims who like SouthPark and hate extremists. NO way was it intended to antagonise the whole religion.

Cosimo · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:40

Robbie G said:
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Oooh Er, Missus. A fatwa will be heading in your direction. :D

manoz · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:50

Andy said:
The Southpark joke was an elabourate ruse to expose said 'extremeists'. I know plenty of Muslims who like SouthPark and hate extremists. NO way was it intended to antagonise the whole religion.

Yeah, I loved it though it makes really me angry that they bleeped Muhammad's name and the speech at the end.

Hunders · 27 Apr 2010 at 15:57

manoz said:
Yeah, I loved it though it makes really me angry that they bleeped Muhammad's name and the speech at the end.

I knew it was going to happen but It was even more ridiculous than I expected. It did make me feel slightly angry that this is what the world has come to to be honest. The difference though, is that I wont go out and bomb a train because of it.

LabR@t · 27 Apr 2010 at 16:02

dokko said:
Mohammed was a paedophile.

is this true? i keep reading this? do muslims support paedofilla?

Andy · 27 Apr 2010 at 16:02

I think people want the average Muslim to actually stand up and fight against these people. You would have thought they'd want to protect the image of their religion.

manoz · 27 Apr 2010 at 16:04

Average Muslim doesn't want to get bombed! (lol?)