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September 12th, 2012
12:06 PM ET
Ambassador's killing shines light on Muslim sensitivities around Prophet MohammedBy Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editors (CNN) – Violence over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed may mystify many non-Muslims, but it speaks to a central tenet of Islam: that the Prophet was a man, not God, and that portraying him threatens to lead to worshiping a human instead of Allah. “It's all rooted in the notion of idol worship,” says Akbar Ahmed, who chairs the Islamic Studies department at American University. “In Islam, the notion of God versus any depiction of God or any sacred figure is very strong." “The Prophet himself was aware that if people saw his face portrayed by people, they would soon start worshiping him,” Ahmed says. “So he himself spoke against such images, saying ‘I’m just a man.’” The prohibition against such portrayals was on stark display Tuesday, as mobs in Egypt and Libya attacked U.S. compounds in response to a film that vilifies the Prophet Mohammed, who founded Islam in the 7th century. The attack on the U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya, was orchestrated by extremists who used the protests as a diversion, U.S. sources told CNN Wednesday. The attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi killed J. Christopher Stevens, Washington's ambassador to Libya, as well as three other Americans at the compound. Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter The film that’s believed to have inspired the violence depicts the Prophet Mohammed as a child molester, womanizer and ruthless killer, going a big step beyond violating the basic Muslim prohibition against depicting the Prophet, even in a favorable light. There are questions about who is behind the movie. Initial reports identified a supposedly Israeli-American real-estate developer named Sam Bacile, but it's unclear if that person even exists. A member of the film's production staff told CNN that the producer's name was listed as Abenob Nakoula Basseley. In Sunni mosques, the largest branch of the faith, there are no images of people of any kind. The spaces are often decorated with verses from the Quran. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories Mohamed Magid, an imam who leads the Islamic Society of North America, says the Muslim prohibition on depicting prophets extends to Jesus and Moses, who Islam treats as prophets. “Pictures and images are prohibited from being worshiped,” Magid says. There have been historical instances of Muslims depicting the Prophet, says Omid Safi, a religious studies professor at the University of North Carolina who has studied the issue. "We have had visual depictions of the Prophet in the form of miniatures and pictures in the Iranian context, the Turkish context, the central Asian Context,” says Safi, author of the book "Memories of Mohammed." “The one significant context where depictions of the Prophet have not been image-related has been in the Arab context.” “As you go farther east, away from the Arabian Peninsula, you find depictions of the prophet in art,” said Johari Abdul-Malik, the imam for Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia. He noted that images of the teachings of the prophet were sometimes used to bridge gaps in illiteracy. But even depictions of the Prophet by Muslim artists has been a sensitive issue. Akbar, a former Pakistani ambassador to the United Kingdom, says that Muslim artists in the 15th and 16th centuries would depict the Prophet but took pains to avoid drawing his face. “It would be as if he was wearing a veil on his face, so the really orthodox could not object – that was the solution they found," Akbar says. In a Muslim film called “The Messenger,” which circulated throughout the Muslim world in the 1970s and 1980s, the Prophet is depicted only as a shadow. Adbul-Malik said that in the Quran, there is “no statement from the prophet requesting his image not be recorded.” The passages relating to a ban on creating images of the prophets come from the hadith, recordings of the sayings of the Prophet Mohammed and his closest companions. The hadith is not viewed on the same plane as the Quran but as important to understanding the Quran. Scholars of religion say Muslim opposition to portraying Mohammed wasn’t generally violated in earlier centuries because of a gulf between much of the Muslim world and the West. In the age of globalization, non-Muslims and critics of Islam have felt free to depict Mohammed, including in offensive ways. In 2006, a Danish cartoonist’s depiction of the Prophet wearing a bomb as a turban with a lit fuse provoked demonstrations across the world. Akbar says that until relatively recently, depictions of Jesus tended to be reverential, but Christianity has had a decades-long head start in dealing with negative portrayals of Jesus in film and art. soundoff (4,725 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 Next » |
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All this rigamarole over a fairytale....So sad...
Thought shall worship no false idols before me. Sounds familiar. Religion has a tendancy to continuosly do more harm than good.
It should sound familiar, since Islam is just a RIP-OFF of Judaism.
And of course, this is no surprise since Arabs are the b@stard offspring of Abraham, the father of the Jews. Jews and Arabs all acknowledge this common heritage.
All of the Abrahamnic Religions are NOTHING more than rip-offs of earlier religions. The Noah's Flood story is nothing more than the Epic of Gilgamesh, the creation story is found in much Earlier writings among the Syrians, even the Jesus story is based on older stories of virgin births, teachings, miracles, and death and resurrection. All rip-offs.
Yes I know these things, collegeadmissionsguru. I often post such facts but neglected to do so in this post. My apologies.
islam, why nuclear weapons were developed, to cleanse the planet of mooslim filth, bombs away.
Nuclear bomb do not clean, but create hind, filth like hindu's filthy from hindered gutter of hinduism illegality called india, they need to be cleansed from face of earth to have peace, Islam among humanity, visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/blog.html to learn more.
Funny, and HOW does this make you any better than them?????
So, wouldn't the "no depictions of Mohammed" apply only to Muslims?
"Muslim sensitivities around Prophet Mohammed"
Yeah....to some (thankfully a very small %) Muslims....to show that they do not worship Mohammed and consider him a human they will go about and kill others or terrorize them.
Mohammed was no more special than Chris Stevens!
Others need to stay in their limit, or face conciseness. period. visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/blog.html to learn more.
1/5 of the worlds population is muslim
To be a Muslim you must bear witness that there is no God but God(Allah) and that Mohamed is his final messenger.
***Allah is the arabic term for God***
The 'Five Pillars' of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life:
Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
Establishment of the daily prayers;
Concern for and almsgiving to the needy; Charity
Self-purification through fasting; and
The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.
The Six Pillars: You forgot "slay the infidels where ever you may find them....lie in ambush for them....etc"
THE SIX PILLARS OF FAITH ARE
– Believe in the oneness of God, he has no partners and is the all knowing
– Believe in the Angels sent by god
– Believe in the religious scripture ( Quran, Bible, Torah etc)
– Believe in the Prophets sent down to mankind
– Believe in heaven and hell
– Believe in Divine Predestination
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!
You're the one who said FIVE:
"The 'Five Pillars' of Islam are the foundation of Muslim life:"
Mohammed was just a man.... in need of a Savior like every other human being that ever lived on Earth needs. Without one, he will be in hell....
That is YOUR belief system, but what if YOU are the wrong one? There is no more evidence that Christianity is any more "correct" than Islam. These claims on both sides are idiotic, at best/
This story is sad example of what happens when ignorance, violence, and mob mentality take over.
in response to hinduism, denial of truth absolute by hindu Jew's, filthy self centered and hindu pagan Christians.visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/blog.html to learn more.
Amen! The world will be a much better place when religion (of all kinds) finally dies away....
Their Prophet is a pedo who consummated his marriage to a 10 year old Aisha... 10 YEARS OLD!!!
Take your hinduism absurdity and shove it in your mama's hind, hindu, ignorant.
Our Prophet ( peace be upon him) was alive 1400 years ago. The time he Married Aisha she was a young girl.
ANOTHER FALSE ACCUSATION
Compare a 9 year old in this century to a 9 year old 30 generations( 1400 years) ago. Today 9 year olds play with dolls and carry backpacks. Back then children as young as 6 would help with houshold chores, cooking and cleaning for families.
It was the norm to marry young. Today the average life span of a human is 75 years, back then it was 35 years.
If you dont agree with me then you are basically condemning 60% of the human race!!!!
The prophet never hit a women in his life, check his biography and get your facts straight!
Throughout the Prophet Mohamed's life he had many attempted assassinations, he was called many negative names traitor liar etc but not once was pedophile said to him, this shows that it was accepted throughout society back 1400 years ago
The Prophet( peace be upon him) married Aisha when she was 6 and consummated the marriage with her when she was 9
If he was a pedophile why would he wait 3 years???
Whoa! He waited until she was 9. Okay, you convinced me – he's not a peophile.
WOW!!!!!!!!! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IN CHRISTIANITY GOES SOO WELL WITH THIS BLOG
"You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments."
They are inbreds can not think for them self.
No one can make Muslim to worship an idol, nor they are afraid of any thing or a weapon, but hinduism, propaganda and purposefully insult and depiction by hindu Jew , filthy self centered under protection of Mithriac hindu's saviorism pagan Christians, hindu gentile filthy slaves of hindu Jew's, cause of problem. If hindu pagan Christians are not hand in glove, they need to hand over hindu Jew, criminal self centered to prove their innocence or face conciseness. visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/blog.html to learn more.
Mohammed A. Dar: "No one can make Muslim to worship an idol,"
So why does Akhbar Ahmed say that this is an issue? Do you not agree with him, (since he is quoted in the article)?
Ask him this question, not me.
Then why are photos of Kaaba everywhere?
Our Prophet ( peace be upon him) was alive 1400 years ago. The time he Married Aisha she was a young girl.
ANOTHER FALSE ACCUSATION
Compare a 9 year old in this century to a 9 year old 30 generations( 1400 years) ago. Today 9 year olds play with dolls and carry backpacks. Back then children as young as 6 would help with houshold chores, cooking and cleaning for families.
It was the norm to marry young. Today the average life span of a human is 75 years, back then it was 35 years.
If you dont agree with me then you are basically condemning 60% of the human race!!!!
The prophet never hit a women in his life, check his biography and get your facts straight!
Throughout the Prophet Mohamed's life he had many attempted assassinations, he was called many negative names traitor liar etc but not once was pedophile said to him, this shows that it was accepted throughout society back 1400 years ago
he did what he was commanded and it was one of the way of Allah to provide protection to women by La. truth against false allegations.visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/blog.html to learn more..
Can the prophet be portrayed in a play? If so, would the face be covered?
"“It would be as if he was wearing a veil on his face, so the really orthodox could not object – that was the solution they found," Akbar says."
So why was it supposedly so "wrong" for South Park to depict Mohammed in a teddy bear costume, or even with a "CENSORED" black box covering him?
Their religion must be very fragile and tenous if it cannot withstand being imaged.
True. And Mohammed was a child molester.
The Bible also warns against worship of images in both the old and new testaments.
“Pictures and images are prohibited from being worshiped,” Magid says.
OK, so don't worship the silly images. Don't you know the difference between an image (a real, tangible object) and a "god" (a make-believe, invisible object that has no proof for its existence)?
My God..These people That worship Islam are retards..crazy,ignorant,stupid..Put mildly..NUTS.
My God..These people That worship Christianity are retards..crazy,ignorant,stupid..Put mildly..NUTS.
My lack of god(s)! These people that worship ANY "god(s)" are retards..crazy,ignorant,stupid..Put mildly..NUTS.
They are still living in the Dark Ages indeed!
Christians don't worship Christianity. We worship and give thanks to a person...Jesus Christ...who is God.
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How could they be afraid of idol worship when they don't even know what Mohammed looked like? How is a Hollywood actor or a cartoon (even if portraying "respectful" versions of Mohammed) going to lead to "idol worship?" Are Muslims that weak-minded? Oh, sorry, I didn't need to ask that since the answer is so obvious.
You don't see how? Jesus was probably a black guy, or at least brown because of the region he's from. Certainly not blonde and blue eyed, but look at what happened with that. Christianity originally did not worship Jesus, most sects still do not, but the two most practiced sects do primarily because of all the pictures drawn and statutes.
No one can make Muslim to worship an idol, nor they are afraid of any thing or a weapon, but hinduism, propaganda and purposefully insult and depiction by hindu Jew , filthy self centered under protection of Mithriac hindu's saviorism pagan Christians, hindu gentile filthy slaves of hindu Jew's, cause of problem. If hindu pagan Christians are not hand in glove, they need to hand over hindu Jew, criminal self centered to prove their innocence. visit http://www.limitisthetruth.com/blog.html to learn more.
Moh. A. Dar: "No one can make Muslim to worship an idol,"
So why does Akhbar Ahmed say that this is an issue? Do you not agree with him, (since he is quoted in the article)?
Some people are sensitive about their appearance or weight—still doesn't justify killing people over it. THis is red herring: Al Qaeda intended to strike US interests on the 10-year anniversary of 9/111 no matte what.
"Al Qaeda intended to strike US interests on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11" but apparently they waited another year...
I didn't know September had 111 days!