Don't be fooled, this isn't an issue of Islam versus secularism
By Robert Fisk
" The Independent" -- --
So now it's cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb-shaped turban.
Ambassadors are withdrawn from Denmark, Muslim countries clear their shelves of Danish produce, Gaza gunmen threaten the European Union.
In Denmark, Fleming Rose, the "culture" editor of the pip-squeak newspaper which published these silly cartoons - last September, for heaven's sake - announces that we are witnessing a "clash of civilizations" between secular Western democracies and Islamic societies. This does prove, I suppose, that Danish journalists follow in the tradition of Hans Christian Anderson. Oh lordy, lordy. What we're witnessing is the childishness of civilizations.
So let's start off with the Department of Home Truths. This is not an issue of secularism versus Islam. For Muslims, the Holy Prophet Muhammad is the man who received divine words directly from God. We Christians see our prophets as faintly historical figures, at odds with our high-tech human rights, almost caricatures of themselves.
The fact is that Muslims live their religion. We Christians do not. They have kept their faith through innumerable historical vicissitudes. We have lost our faith ever since Matthew Arnold wrote about the sea's "long, withdrawing roar". That's why we talk about "the West versus Islam" rather than "Christians versus Islam" - because there aren't an awful lot of Christians left in Europe. There is no way we can get round this by setting up all the other world religions and asking why we are not allowed to make fun of Prophet Muhammad.
Besides, we can exercise our own hypocrisy over religious feelings. I happen to remember how, more than a decade ago, a film called The Last T
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And yes, remember that ALLAH is Watching us so it is our Responsibility that wot ever we do it should be under Islamic Laws.
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May Allah reward us for what we do Inshallah. Through signing this petition, may our faith increase in Islam, and pray that nothing but good be associated with our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Ameen.
