If you may recall in 2006 the Muslim community world over was in uproar over a few sets of controversial cartoons published in the Danish Newspaper on Prophet Muhammed [PBUH] it resulted in large scale riots in many cities. The journalists from Jyllands Posten remained under a serious threat and the Muslims failed to see the pun in their attempt to ridicule their prophet. The argument even then, freedom of speech does not mean that you irk and irritate a religion under the garb of freedom of expression.
The Idea to make funny cartoons of Prophet Muhammed [PBUH] came from a Seattle Cartoonist Molly Norris who thought of this campaign in reaction to Comedy Central’s decision to censor an episode of South Park with depictions of Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] last week, to say in an interview to a radio show in Seattle that “as a cartoonist, I just felt so much passion about what had happened.. it’s a cartoonist’s job to be non-PC.”
[audio:MollyNorris.mp3]
Jon Wellington an activists in support of her cause has created a facebook page called “Everybody Draw Muhammed Day” The introduction to the group is listed as
As a snarky response to Muslim bloggers who “warned” Comedy Central about an episode of South Park showing the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bear suit, one Seattle cartoonist, who calls laughter her form of “prayer,” is asking artists all over the world to create depictions of Mohammed on May 20, then submit the images to a Facebook page she set up. Speaking on a Seattle radio show on Friday, cartoonist Molly Norris said she announced her idea as a way of countering the fear exhibited by Comedy Central in censoring episode 201 of South Park.
As a post script they talk about the potential hate speech but try to tip toe around the problem to say its more a teach-them-a-lesson type of group
PS: We are not trying to slander the average muslim , its not a muslim/islam hatepage. We simply want to show the extremists that threaten to harm people because of their Mohammed depictions, that we’re not afraid of them. That they can’t take away our right to freedom of speech by trying to scare us to silence.
It interesting if you hear her Interview, when asked if she would make fun of the Holocaust – she responds “no, there is nothing funny about it” what hypocrisy.
Bloggers and Twitters in Pakistan have been “reporting” this page to facebook for the past 3-4 days and no result has taken place [ProPakistani, Mani Pro, Chowrangi] it is without doubt such hate speech groups are in clear violation of their terms of service specially item 3.7 which states
3.7 You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence
I believe this might be a good case study on how tolerant Facebook administration might actually be. On one hand they are quick to delete the facebook page of a civil activist group [Peoples Resistance] which was organizing street protests in Karachi on the mere whim that we might be promoting hatred and violence, while in reality we were peacefully protesting against a military dictatorship, our democratic right – that group was deleted quickly and the administrators were issued warnings, this group continues to reign supreme raking over 34,400 fans since April 25th
Since the popularity and the subsequent outcry by the Muslims has literally gone to a frenzy it seems both Molly and Jon seem to be distancing themselves from the event Molly has made a statement on her website to say
I did NOT ‘declare’ May 20 to be “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” I made a cartoon about the television show South Park being censored. The cartoon-poster, with a fake ‘group’ behind it, went viral and was taken seriously. I never started a facebook page; a stranger did and there is nothing I can do about it.
My one-off cartoon of a fictional poster does not work well as a long-term plan. The vitriol this ‘day’ has brought out, of people who only want to draw obscene images, is offensive to the Muslims who did nothing to endanger our right to expression in the first place. Only Viacom and Revolution Muslim are to blame, so write to them instead!
I apologize to people of Muslim faith and ask that this ‘day’ be called off.
Thank you to those who are turning this crazy thing into an opportunity for dialogue, education and solutions.
Sincerely,
Molly(I regret going on a local radio show on April 25th; my ego took me there, it was a mistake. I meant for this to remain a fictional CARTOON, an artictic IDEA, never to catch fire as an actual ‘event’.)
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118 responses to “Facebook Ignoring Religious Hatred Group – Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”
appologies —– not kiss — I meant kill in line 3
They are just jealous from our religion.
our culture, our unity
this is wat you call 'terrorism'
molly is just one piece of puzzle, to unfold the mystery
we have to boycott all the product(s) of such country, which are mostly run by the JEW.
humary rizak my barkat is liyh nahe hai. coz app ko nahe pata ky humara paisay khana jaa raha hai.
companies like nokia, pizza hunt telenor. jews ko pata nahe kitni kitni charity dyty hain.
hum apna he paisa apny musalman bhai(gaza my jo hain) ko maarny ky liyh dyty hain.
we are musims,and we should be promise today that we are boycotting from fucking face book website. because they hurt muslims religion.we are boycotting from all products of europeon.Inshallah
Regarding comment 53 (from Masha)::: With due respect, she deserved to be punished but u cant pass a judgement to kill her. This is not anyone's right as per islam. U want to take her court, do it but kiss her and linkinf it to JF kennedy (who was murdered by Zions). I mean be clear in what you want. Believe me I hated the idea of this DRAW DAY and I objected to it to the max. I will Insha-Allah de activate my facebook account also….. but please be careful is what image r u creating about ut religion. Islam does not tell us to redicule anyone's God…. it does not allow us to kill people on our own, there is a justice system to do that. Only the court can give punishments. Remember any muslims who kills any human will go to hell…. I mean dont forget the justice system in Islam is a great pillar….. We have been asked to respect other religions….. I strongly object to the page on facebook, I reported it also. Just because facebook did not respect our REPORTING ABUSE, I will de activate my account on facebook… and mind u, I am a very active user of facebook.
Dont respond in emotions, each word can influence someone. Make sure as a muslim we depict the correct islam.
I hope you will not mind!
allah hafiz!
Uhh, you're right. A temporary spell of anger thats all. Well, i said the same thing to a friend of mine, and his response made me change my thoughts about killing her… He questioned me and said, "yar, bas ye socho keh HAzrat Muhammad (s.a.w) iss baat par kesay react kartay".. and i think all of you know the answer… i cooled down immediately.
ONce again, you're right.
May Allah guide us all thru this terrible times of mis information. amen!
May I exercise same "Freedom of speech" to deactivate my facebook account?
i hate facebook ALLAH barbad karay poray kafiron ko
Your insane, over the reactions have served to make their point for them. Are you really this threatened by the very idea of people drawing cartoons of the prophet? Grow up!
Dale,
Are you threatened by people loving Hitler ? He did the right thing.All haters of the noblest Prophet of God Muhammad need to be burnt in a gas ovens!
And for the record, most of the cartoons are completely inoffensive – they're just pictures of him doing nothing in particular.
How CARTOONS are INOFFENSIVE? :O what is the use for such (for us… its "ABUSIVE") act??? Can you people tell us???
@ Dale Edwards, These are emotions… we strongly object to a depiction of Prophet muhammad or for that matter any other prophet of Allah including Moses(PBUH) and Jesus(PBUH). There is no image of Allah and knowing the history of humans: Allah left no images of any prophet. History of humans reveals and instead of worshipping the creator, humans start using images of prophets to worship…. Islam is Allah final word which started from Adam and ended @ Muhammad (PBUH). Creating image is considered a major offence b.c of the above mentioned reason. If anyone in an Islamic country do this, it is punishable b/c of the same above mentioned reason.
But comments above are EMOTIONAL. Our religion (which is completed form of the religion of the Allmighty) does not allow anyone to take law in their own hands. If someone has mentioned, it is wrongly quoted. He is mis guided. The taliban DOES NOT RESPRESENT ISLAM. They are mercenaries paid in DOLLAR to do barbaric stuff. If anyone really wants to criticize ISLAM, just read the first few pages of Quran…. and i am sure, if it is man written, it will be apparent. Take a step and read it……….. dont jusdge ISlam by its followers…. try
http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran/
AYESHA . AND MANSHA:…………I may depict the extremism but my friends according to the hadis…(i am not writing it exact ) a person should be killed if he offends ALLAH AND MUHAMAD (SAW)……………so if ur social bodies r not helping u then it is the best way to kill that person on ur own ….but being a moderate and a modren muslim ……yes we have to keep quite …..m also quite …..coz we dont hve any thing in our hand ….jihad is a farz-e-kifaya ………….so belive on god and keep a bad impression in ur hearts that's wat we can do……..i think its the begining of the end……..we might ought to call upon a war if this case prevails for a long time
i condm fcae book draw of HAZRAT MOHAMMAD(S,A.W),,,,,, I DEACTIVATED MY ACOUNT ON FACE BOOK… YE FACE BOOK WALAY KISI KANJRIO KI OALAD HAIN,,HARAMI HAIN YE SARAY,,,ALL CARTOONEST ARE SONS OF UGLY BITCHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Brother… If you're a representing Islam, then donot use such language otherwise these non-muslims blame Islam that It naoozubillah teaches to abuse, & they won't blame you. The fault is yours, do not do anything that they would be able to give reason that it is Islam & not you.
@ AADIL: Does allah allow abusing??? What is wrong with muslims… we have been sent as a nation to be guidence to all…. what are u doing??? Allah and Hazrat Muhammad condemned abusing anyone no matter what he did! He chose us a path to forgive and bring people on the right path! Lets all be very rsponsible in our duty to the ALLMIGHTY!!!
Hope u understand, I am on ur side….
i also condm facebook draw of HAZRAT MUHAMMAD (S.A.W).I will also deactivate my id on facebook.
say whatever u want .. Islam is our relgion and Mohammed "pbuh" is our beloved prophet ..
Islam makes u unable to sleep because it is spreading everywhere like hell.. you are jealous of the fact ..
ISLAM IS THE FASTEST GROWING RELIGION IN THE WORLD.
MOHAMMED IS THE MOST NAMED-USED NAME IN HISTORY.
MECCA IS THE MOST GATHERING PLACE IN HISTORY FOR PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME .. THE LIST GOES ON ..
PROUD 2 BE DEVOUT MUSLIMS
spreading everywhere like heaven…& not hell…
I'm not sure… is it an idiom?
Salam to all who love the beloved prophet
Some of you think that forgiving is a wise and proper thing to do in this matter.
If this had happened with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in his life he might or might not have forgiven the one who insulted him. he had a choice and he had a right. But do we, as ummati, have any choice in forgiving these sinners on his behalf. No we dont! because we are not him…we dont have a choice and we dont have any right to do so, We just follow what is ordained upon us and it has been a consensus among the muslim ummah in all the ages that whoever insults our prophet deserves death. This Molly Norris certainly knew what she was doing. She now alleges that she just implied towards a fictional day and towards a fictional non-existing group and never wanted this day to be celebrated in real but in the radio interview she accepted that she certainly wanted this day to be celebrated. But now she has altered her statement after seeing the trouble she has invited. If , in remote chances, what she says is true, the cartoon she drew in the first place as an insult is itself enough crime to bring upon her what she deserves.
I request all of you to read "As-saarim ul-maslool alaa shaatim ir-rasool" a book by imam ibn taymiyyah or ask an islamic scholar (who is not a modernist coward) instead of chattering without proper knowledge.
THE ONLY TRUTH IN THIS MATTER: WE DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO FORGIVE.
salams
thank you brother ashiqe rasool excellent post. i totally agree with you. all scholars/ulema are of the opinion that we do not have a right to forgive such insults. i hope all the muslims understnd the seriousness of this issue
Mr. Alvi can you please explain this picture ?
http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2010-0…
Just copy/paste this address in your browser and see and come out with a sensible explanation of your stance on this issue.
I guess I will have to take your party's stance on it too and see if they match ?
If not, either you should quit PTI or PTI should disown your acts.
@aashiqe rasool
Correct we dont hav right to forgive her
@ Dale Edwards, These are emotions… we strongly object to a depiction of Prophet muhammad or for that matter any other prophet of Allah including Moses(PBUH) and Jesus(PBUH). There is no image of Allah and knowing the history of humans: Allah left no images of any prophet. History of humans reveals and instead of worshipping the creator, humans start using images of prophets to worship…. Islam is Allah final word which started from Adam and ended @ Muhammad (PBUH). Creating image is considered a major offence b.c of the above mentioned reason. If anyone in an Islamic country do this, it is punishable b/c of the same above mentioned reason.
But comments above are EMOTIONAL. Our religion (which is completed form of the religion of the Allmighty) does not allow anyone to take law in their own hands. If someone has mentioned, it is wrongly quoted. He is mis guided. The taliban DOES NOT RESPRESENT ISLAM. They are mercenaries paid in DOLLAR to do barbaric stuff. If anyone really wants to criticize ISLAM, just read the first few pages of Quran…. and i am sure, if it is man written, it will be apparent. Take a step and read it……….. dont jusdge ISlam by its followers…. try
http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran/
I Only Want to Say We MusLims Have To united
Main sirf hahe kahna chahta houn kay hum Musalmanu'n ko aik hona hoga , kafir hamai'n khutam karna chahtay hai'n.
Ager Hazrat Mohamed (P.B.U.H) ke shaan main koi gustakhe ya un ke insult kary to Hazrat Mohamed (P.B.U.H) khud be unha'n maaf nai kr sakty , To Hum Ye Sub Keasy Bardaash kar sakty hai'n.
Musalmaan Jaago Kia hum Sub mar guy hai'n jo kuch nai kar sakty ?
Agree we need to wake up…. but what have u written??? Read about Hazrat Muhammad's life. Remember the visit of KOOFA??? the angels asked if the whole town be turned upside down…. and HE (PBUH) said NOOOO!!!!
Wake up and get educated!!! Islam made education compulsory on both woman and man even if we have to go to China to get educated!!!! so EDUCATION FOR ALL!!! WAKE UP MUSLIMS!!! not just for abusing and killing (which is the mere agenda of DEVIL – the known enemy of man kind).
We all must do researches on Islam and Read quran and hadith and then give sermons…. every action can influence and bring people to the right path…. the final word of allah after 124,000 messengers including Moses and Jesus (PBU them)
and BTW going to china would certainly not mean Quranic teachings….. right??? We have been allah to get educated in all knowledges of this world as allare given to us by Allah! So we must know Quran and hadith but other sciences etc also………. ISLAM promotes peace and education!! Does anyone having knowledge of islam disagrees??
Salam, Awab bhai, please put-off the screen shot or censor it by hiding … it's disputed thing. thanks
i hate face book n all such type of pepole who is doing like so . May Allah burn them in fire.We hate face book n there owners. Plz ban it for ever n ever
FACEBOOK IS OWNED BY ZIONIST JEWS WHO ARE AGAINST ISLAM AND MUSLIMS. IT EXPLOITS THE INFORMATION OF ITS USERS ALONG WITH ITS PARTNER CIA. IT SHOULD BE BANNED FOREVER IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
@Hareem
You say:
"no one has the right to tamper with religions or do something that hurts teh entire religious community by making fun of the sacred elements and holy personalities"
But can all religions trample one another as they do in fact?
How Ahmadies and their religion is being trampled in the Pakiland?
hello wake up…….. how many pakistanis so far have died in the terrorist attacks…. what is happening to ahmedis in PAKILAND??? NOTHING ATALL. Why didnt u comment the same when muslims died in masjids. What a biased comment… ISLAM CONDEMNS killing of any innocent human being. So please correct yourself. Pakistanis condemn killing of any human being….. some bad people does not represent the whole country. Islam condemns rediculing any religion also….
salam
i m with u people
islam main aj bhi itehad hay
aj b muhmad bin qasim or jan nisar hain
waqt nay ya bta dia
kafirun ki her chal waste hoi
yahood nasar ju karian hmar nabi ki shan kam nh huge inki apni kam hugi
inhun ny sabit kia k ya kitny kam zarf hain
i love YA RASOOL ALLAH meri jan b ap pa quraban
i love ya rasool ALLAH ap k gusatkh jahnum main ajean gy
Now see this unbelive able thing
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everybody-Draw-Alla…
Laanat ullah e allal kazebeen
we are well aware who is behind this offenssive and irritating action against Islam & Prophet Mohammad (PBUH. We tell u that your such actions cannot remove or demolish Islam and Respect of our beloved Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). I request all Muslim users of Facebook that it is time to wake up.
Plz Show your true Love with Mohammad (PBUH)
Allah Hum Ko es ka Sela Roz-e-Jaza ko Day ga