Above is a picture of a cartoon poster drawn by Molly Norris. I'll briefly explain how "Everybody Draw Muhammed Day" arise. actually, i don't need to brief it since it was explained at the top of the poster which reads :
in light of recent "veiled"(ha!) threats aimed at the creators of television show South Park (for depicting the prophet Muhammed in a bear suit)...
That's part of it. What most non Muslims don't understand about Islam is that we Muslims only worship one God and that's Allah. We don't worship Prophet Muhammad but we acknowledged him as a prophet and we respect him as a prophet. Why we don't depict Mohammed in any human forms (what more in animal cartoons) is that some fanatics may worship him. The moment you depict something in some form, some may use it as a symbol of worshiping. Even now some super fanatic followers of Prophet Muhammed behave as if they are worshiping him, which is totally wrong. Some want to follow exactly what Muhammed do or wear. I mean of course you can follow the good things but certain things are unnecessary and doesn't accommodate to the Malaysia lifestyle. Some say they want to keep beard because Prophet Muhammed has one, and it was a secondary schoolboy who says this and under school discipline, you can't have one. So now you see the logic of not depicting Prophet Muhammed in any form? It's to prevent worshiping of him.
And depicting him in an animal form (like South Park depicting him as a bear) is totally disrespectful. South Park is infamous for degrading other religions too. You can make fun of celebrities, sports stars and politicians but kindly don't make fun of religion.
I took this from Wikipedia which discusses on this matter :
Norris said that if millions of people draw pictures of Muhammad, Islamist terrorists would not be able to murder them all, and threats to do so would become unrealistic. Within a week, Norris' idea became popular on Facebook, was supported by numerous bloggers, and generated coverage on the blog websites of major U.S. newspapers.
People really LOVE provoking Muslims. Calling Muslims terrorists. Then what do you call people who don't respect other people's religion? Assholes? M*therf*ckers? B*tches? B*stards? Sometimes i wonder if you can show this much disrespect to other people's religion, i wonder whether you ever have any respect for yourself?
In the first place, is it so hard for you people to respect the Muslims' requirement not to make fun of our religion? Or not to do something which we are against? Why can't you leave us alone? Can't you make jokes not involving Muslims or anything associated with Muslims?
Another extract :
Norris stated on her website: "This was always a drawing about rights, never MEANT to disrespect religion. Alas -- if we don't have rights, we will not be able to practice the religion of our choice. [...] None of these little characters ARE the likeness of Mohammed, they are just CLAIMING to be!" She also wrote, "I, the cartoonist, NEVER launched a draw Mohammed day. It is, in this FICTIONAL poster sponsored by this FICTIONAL GROUP", referring to the "Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor" wording in the cartoon. "SATIRE about a CURRENT EVENT, people!!! (That's what cartoonist's [sic] do!)"
Until when will people ever understand that when you practice certain rights, it comes with limitation and that limitation requires respect to other rights? I think the cartoonist thinks she damn F*cking funny. You have the right to your own religion but i have a right for my religion to be respected too. Be careful with what you draw, it may give ideas to people. Like what is happening currently.
and i find the poster insulting. Yes, maybe i don't have a sense of humor but not everything in life is funny. Some people are just blessed with too much "sick" humor in their genes. Really, sometimes i don't understand how people can make jokes like "i sleep or **** with your mother". It's disgusting and disrespectful no matter if you say it without intention.
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