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French Weekly Reprints Cartoons
By Kerstin Gehmlich and Swaha Pattanaik
(Comments in RED are Mine)
PARIS (Reuters) - A French satirical weekly reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday and published one of its own on its front page, further angering Muslim groups which say the caricatures are blasphemous. French Muslim organizations tried to prevent Charlie Hebdo reprinting the 12 cartoons, which were first published by the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten, but a court rejected their suit on Tuesday on a technicality.
President Jacques Chirac condemned "overt provocations" which could enflame passions, but did not name Charlie Hebdo in his latest appeal for restraint in a dispute that has triggered violent protests across the Muslim world.
Charlie Hebdo carried the new cartoon on its front page, depicting the Prophet Mohammad burying his face in his hands and saying: "It's hard to be loved by fools." Sales of the weekly were brisk in Paris Denmark
"When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of
principle, either by blackmail or terror, democracies do not have long left," Charlie Hebdo editor Philippe Val wrote.
As well as publishing the Danish cartoons, Charlie Hebdo published other cartoons on its back page which caricatured other religions including Christianity and Judaism. Sources at Charlie Hebdo said some staff had been placed under police protection. Two police officers guarded the weekly's offices in the center of Paris
MUSLIM IRE
The cartoons, reprinted by several European papers, have provoked a crisis between Europe and the Muslim world. Islam
prohibits any depiction of the Prophet Mohammad. French Muslim organizations said they would continue to try to take legal steps against Charlie Hebdo and the daily newspaper France Soir, which reprinted the controversial cartoons last week. France Soir later sacked its editor.
"We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down," said Fouad Alaoui of the Union of French Islamic organizations (UOIF). "Charlie Hebdo wants to fan the flames. France France Europe and makes up about 8 percent of the French population.
"I condemn all obvious provocations which could dangerously fuel passions," a spokesman quoted Chirac as telling a government meeting. "Anything that can hurt the convictions of someone else, in particular religious convictions, should be avoided. Freedom of _expression_ should be exercised in a spirit of responsibility." Chirac urged
the government to be particularly attentive to the security of French citizens abroad.
(Additional reporting by Sophie Louet)
Comments Mine
What the Non Muslim world in general & the Western World in particular has to
understand is that Islam is here to stay whether they like it or not. Islam is not Communism. The Western World should not be under the illusion that just because they were able to bring down the curtain on communism they will be able to do the same with Islam.
God Almighty tells us in the Holy Quran:
It is He Who hath
sent His Messenger with guidance and the Religion of Truth, to proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans (unbelievers) may detest (it).
(Al-Qur'an, 9:33 At-Tawba [Repentance, Dispensation])
If you look at the world today. The most hated religion in the eyes of majority of the Non Muslims is Islam. The most hated people in the eyes of majority of the Non Muslims are the Muslims. Inspite of all this Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. It is not us who are the reason for this. It is God Almighty who is fulfilling his promise. In fact many of us are a disgrace to the religion of Islam.
If the Western World finds anything or any action of the Muslim which is contrary to their values & beliefs they should get into a dialogue with the Muslims in a decent manner.
Slandering the core beliefs of the Muslims while hiding under their freedom of _expression_ will not help their cause. It will only further aggravate the already tense relationship between the Muslim world & them.
AB
"For to us will be their return; then it will
be for us to call them to account." (Holy Quran 88:25-26)
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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