Censored!

Hey again!

I guess everyone heard about the attack on Charlie Nebdo offices in Paris. It was the result of drawing or rather insulting Mohammed, the Islamic prophet. As far as I am concerned though, the Quran doesn’t even say that you shouldn’t picture Mohammed, it is only mentioned in the Hadith literature. Ok, Christians shouldn’t picture God either, but is it a reason to kill??? I just tried to find quotes from the Quran, that proof that a lot of their behavior doesn’t really make sense, but they nearly always talk about the unbelievers. Why do they care so much about the people that don’t believe in their religion? Why doesn’t just everyone mind their own business? Why do people in general judge other people on their religion?

Anyway… so these days, the news report a lot about Muslims, in fact mostly negative matters. I know there are dangerous ones, but I don’t see why it always leads to a generalization. Anyhow, I am actually going to write about the radical ones. It was not the first time someone insulted the Islamic beliefs and as a result received death threats or was killed. 

In 2004, the Dutch director Theo van Gogh was murdered. He was first shot and then they cut through his throat. Subsequently, they stabbed a knife with a letter (which explained the assassination) in the dead body. He was killed because of his short movie Submission which criticized oppression and abuse against women in Islam. The movie was only 11 minutes long!

Browsing through the web, I stumbled across the so called Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. It was a protest campaign against Muslims who threaten people, who display a picture of Mohammed, with violence. The campaign took place on the 20th of Mai 2010 on several Internet platforms.
All started with the editorial department of South park (the TV show) who received death threats by radical Muslims because of episode 200 and 201.

„We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them“

This death threat was already published in the Net before the episode was first broadcasted. To draw Mohammed was a protest about the censorship of their episode. The cartoonist Molly Norris created the picture to remind people of the first amendment and declared that day the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. She believed that the Muslims can’t just kill everybody. 

In light of the recent veiled (ha!) threats aimed at the creators of the television show South Park ... by bloggers on Revolution Muslim's website, we hereby deem May 20, 2010 as the first 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!' Do your part to both water down the pool of targets and, oh yeah, defend a little something our country is famous for (but maybe not for long? Comedy Central cooperated with terrorists and pulled the episode) the first amendment.
- Molly Norris (April 20, 2010)

Two months later, the indirect demand to kill Molly Norris was published. After that, she was protected by the FBI, changed her name and received a new identity. 

So many wars were fought and are still being fought because of religious beliefs. I really really don’t get it.