On 20 September 2012 04:56, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never understood anyone who thinks that showing contempt for the > Prophet was a smart thing to do. Only great evil comes from it. Not great > spiritual trouble or lightning bolts from God; I'm not superstitious, but > simply a dirty mess that results in a great deal of damage to innocent > people. That Muslims should "grow up" is a given, but so should everyone > else. It is simply not possible for Russia to permit showing of such > material nor for India, or possibly even France; it's inflammatory.
Given what Russia has been up to in Chechnya and Ingushetia I'm not sure they are too worried about being inflammatory. > Not publishing pictures of the Prophet and being reasonably respectful > toward him is pretty much the first lesson anyone who hopes to have a > decent relationship with Muslims is taught. Going out of your way to heap > contempt on him is just stupid; unless making trouble is your purpose. We never did get to the bottom of the Russian apartment bombings. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
