Where are all the liberal Muslims out there who should be condemning the Charlie Hebdo atrocity? I have the common sense NOT to condemn a whole religion for the actions of a few who would also claim to be true Muslims, in their own minds they certainly think they are and also obeying the Koran. But what really gets me is that there are no protests or demonstrations by liberal Muslims condemning the attacks, where are they all? When Gaza is attacked by the IDF and innocent men, women and children die in the most ghastly ways then liberal Muslims certainly protest, and in their thousands world wide, and rightfully so, I approve of such protests. The question is, If it is Muslims are prepared to protest at those atrocities then why are they not prepared to demonstrate, and show solidarity with the freedom of speech, over the killing of the innocents, the Charlie Hebdo Victims? That same day thousands of Parisians came out onto the streets, at Notre Damn Cathedral and else where, I was very disappointed to see that very few Muslims turned up, although I cannot state categorically that none were there, but this surely would have been an opportune time for them to have turned up, and en masse, to show their condemnation of such barbarity. But More importantly to show France and the French people that such terrorists will not and DO NOT represent them or their religion of Islam. Can you imagine a scenario where some extreme over zealous Catholics decided to slaughter innocent people because they were offended over some cartoon images satirizing their beloved leader, The Pope? So these particular Catholics decide to force their way into the office of the cartoonists and journalists and kill them all, with no mercy whatsoever. If such a scenario was to happen I can positively state and assure you that within hours of its occurrence that tens of thousands of Catholics would be gathering in Rome at St Peters Square and across the Catholic world, armed not with guns, but with placards that read Not in my name! As if to say... JE SUIS CHARLIE... I am Charlie! But are you? I want to state here and now that I am NOT a Catholic, I am not a Muslim either, but if I were a Muslim I would be moving Heaven and Earth to align myself with the normal person on the streets of Paris to show, (regardless of my religion) my solidarity, my sympathy, my horror that such evil could take place, and incidentally, in the name of my religion. You have the right to believe in fairies down the garden if you want to, the right to publish news that pink Elephants created the world, I may laugh and ridicule, but I will NOT take away your right to believe whatever you choose to believe. I will not prevent you from writing about them, in fact I will defend your right to publish your crazy ideas (For ideas never harmed anyone) even though I think they are absurd. Finally and most importantly. I WILL NOT MURDER YOU FOR WHAT EVER YOU BELIEVE IN!
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:31:04 +0000
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