Sara

I too found the astonishing cartoons of the prophet Mohammad published in the Danish newspaper insulting and completely unacceptable. For them to publish and make fun of the prophet was uncalled for. I was also pleased when I heard that, for perhaps the first time, Muslims of the world united and condemned this and demanded an apology. These are the same Muslims who argue over the commencement of Ramadan! Very soon after this an apology was made by the Danish newspaper. Should that have ended the dilemma???

Here in London a group of about 200 Muslims protested in the streets and wrote the most unacceptable slogans on placards and marched the streets shouting rather abusive words, such as “massacre those who insult Islam.” Meanwhile in other parts of the world, Lebanese demonstrators set fire to the Danish consulate in Beirut and Syrians set the Danish and Norwegian embassies ablaze in Damascus.

Let’s get something straight. The cartoon WRONGLY illustrated that Muslims are followers of a PROPHET who encourages terrorism. This is total baloney! However, surely by behaving the way some of our Muslim brothers and sisters are behaving in the world we are in fact illustrating that we do have a violent and destructive streak. We are in essence showing the world that if you say a bad word about us we will retaliate with violence!

In a formal statement, Inayat Bunglawala, spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain umbrella group said "The placards that were on display were quite disgraceful and in our opinion seemed to constitute a clear incitement to violence, even murder.”

Europe and America are looking for an excuse to attack Muslims and they will use any tool within their power to provoke a reaction. Unfortunately us Muslims don’t seem to catch on their little political games and fall into the very trap they have awaiting us!