I am pissed off (once again) at the lack of response by the Muslim community in general at the disgusting attack on the Paris based satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo.
Charlie Hebdo has been the victim of firebomb attacks, threats against life, and a range of other threats, over the years.
They have insulted the prophet Mohammad (according to Muslims). In other words, they drew and published pictures in their paper which insulted the Muslim community. Note, this happens all the time with Jesus, Mary etc and no-one seems to give a toss about it.
For publishing those images, some of them died, and quite a number were injured.
And yet, the Muslim community in general is quiet. They only seem to come out with a statement condemning the attacks when they're prodded by journalists or government officials.
Whether Muslims like it or not, everybody has the right to express their opinions and not face the threat of being killed or injured for it.
The Muslims I know are a little more open minded, and whilst personally they might be slightly offended of a caricature of the Prophet, they keep it to themselves as they know they live in a western world, and unfortunately, that's what westerners do... they poke fun at those things near and dear to them.
What concerns me is this silence from the community as a whole. After the seige in Sydney at the Lindt chocolate outlet, there was a little statement from Muslims condemning the attack, but overall, am eerie silence.
It makes you wonder if on the outside, the community is saying one thing, but thinking another.
These extreme terrorists will be the way of the future. There will be insidious attacks on a small scale like Paris and Sydney. It's too hard now to try and hijack planes, so go for the easy targets.
The Muslim community needs to become more vocal if they want world peace. They need to do more when it comes to condemnation of the Islamic State. To sit around and do nothing is to support this terrorist group. I look out for Islamic blogs (in English anyway), to see if I can see signs of condemnation of IS, but there is nothing.
Charlie Hedbo must beef up security and show these terrorist thugs that they will not give in. We all have a right to be heard, even if some of us don't like what we're hearing. Incidents such as this should cause all good hearted Muslim citizens around the world to stand up and condemn the actions of ISIS and Al Quaeda.
In saying this, westerners also need to realise that the bulk of Muslim people are peace loving and simply want to live in our community and do their thing. However, no-one has the right to take up arms against another person simply because they are insulted. The western world would be in total chaos if everybody took up arms every time there was a caricature of Jesus, God, Mary or any other religious character.
Lets just live in peace and have a little more acceptance and tolerance towards each other. And that goes for all sides.
Get Real
Charlie Hebdo has been the victim of firebomb attacks, threats against life, and a range of other threats, over the years.
They have insulted the prophet Mohammad (according to Muslims). In other words, they drew and published pictures in their paper which insulted the Muslim community. Note, this happens all the time with Jesus, Mary etc and no-one seems to give a toss about it.
For publishing those images, some of them died, and quite a number were injured.
And yet, the Muslim community in general is quiet. They only seem to come out with a statement condemning the attacks when they're prodded by journalists or government officials.
Whether Muslims like it or not, everybody has the right to express their opinions and not face the threat of being killed or injured for it.
The Muslims I know are a little more open minded, and whilst personally they might be slightly offended of a caricature of the Prophet, they keep it to themselves as they know they live in a western world, and unfortunately, that's what westerners do... they poke fun at those things near and dear to them.
What concerns me is this silence from the community as a whole. After the seige in Sydney at the Lindt chocolate outlet, there was a little statement from Muslims condemning the attack, but overall, am eerie silence.
It makes you wonder if on the outside, the community is saying one thing, but thinking another.
These extreme terrorists will be the way of the future. There will be insidious attacks on a small scale like Paris and Sydney. It's too hard now to try and hijack planes, so go for the easy targets.
The Muslim community needs to become more vocal if they want world peace. They need to do more when it comes to condemnation of the Islamic State. To sit around and do nothing is to support this terrorist group. I look out for Islamic blogs (in English anyway), to see if I can see signs of condemnation of IS, but there is nothing.
Charlie Hedbo must beef up security and show these terrorist thugs that they will not give in. We all have a right to be heard, even if some of us don't like what we're hearing. Incidents such as this should cause all good hearted Muslim citizens around the world to stand up and condemn the actions of ISIS and Al Quaeda.
In saying this, westerners also need to realise that the bulk of Muslim people are peace loving and simply want to live in our community and do their thing. However, no-one has the right to take up arms against another person simply because they are insulted. The western world would be in total chaos if everybody took up arms every time there was a caricature of Jesus, God, Mary or any other religious character.
Lets just live in peace and have a little more acceptance and tolerance towards each other. And that goes for all sides.
Get Real
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