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Imams Who
Advertised The Cartoons Are The Real Culprits
Danish
newspapers printed caricatures of holy prophet; they did
something vicious; the imams who advertised those cartoons are
the real culprits who have stirred the Islamic world with a
frenzy which is equal to Fitna.
How many people in the Muslim world or the
world at large read Danish newspapers? Not many. They printed
the caricatures of holy prophet which were hardly glanced over
by few readers who read Jyllands-Posten in September, 2005. The
imams living in Denmark made copies of those cartoons and
advertised them to easily inflammable Muslim groups in the
Middle East and rest of the Islamic world. Consequently, Muslims
around the globe went to protest frenzy and took the matters to
the streets to show how violent they could become upon
instigation by any Tom, Dick or Harry.
Obviously, the imams who advertised those
caricatures knew what they were doing. The idea in their
devilish minds was not to create awareness among Muslims about
the Danish journalists’ behavior towards holy prophet or Islam,
the idea was to provoke Muslims to the extent that they take
this issue to the streets.
Are these Imams friends of holy prophet, or
Islam or Muslims? Definitely not; they are neither friends of
holy prophet nor Islam or Muslims. They were self-serving
Mullahs who tried to create mountain out of mole-hill.
Their act or advertisement of caricatures of
holy prophet is un-Islamic. Allah clearly prohibits
advertisement of vicious things which can create turmoil in
society. And that is what precisely they did. They have created
turmoil in Muslim societies throughout the globe from which,
different religious forces are trying gain mileage for their
agendas.
BBC is conducting a poll through its website
about the appropriate reaction to the publication of caricatures
by Jyllands-Posten. 3.3 percent voters say they would ignore
them. 5.4 percent say they would have dialogue with the
newspaper. 24.6 percent voters are in favor of protests. And 0.5
percent voters have no opinion on this issue.
No matter how unscientific or insignificant,
but polls are a good way to know the opinion of the people about
issues.
Still continuing protests in Islamic
countries against these caricatures verify the results of these
polls. The majority of Muslims who heard or read about these
caricatures were hurt, but the question is: are these protests
taking Muslims anywhere in international community?
We doubt anything positive will come out of
these protests. These caricatures are not the last attempt by
the critics of Islam to make fun of holy prophet or religion
itself. These critics will continue their malignant efforts;
Muslims should learn to tolerate these things with grace and
dignity; because, such efforts, instead of defaming holy prophet
or Islam, simply expose them who do such vicious things.
More appropriate response for Imams in
Denmark, instead of playing culprits and advertising these
caricatures, should have been to meet the editors of the
newspaper and talk to them about the consequences of printing
such caricatures. That would have been the end of the issue.
Muslims and other communities should realize,
our world is no more a limited world, where vicious things done
in one territory or community remain limited to that territory
or community. We should always remember, some of our actions,
may have negative or positive global consequences.
A peaceful world is in the best interest
of everyone.
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