The List of Things That Offend Muslims

The Amboy Times: The List of Things That Offend Muslims

An ongoing list, I assure you.

We Christians also get offended at many stupid things, as is true for any group in general, but at least, to my knowledge, not to the depth that Muslims do.

The Teddy Bear that Embarrassed Sudan

We need to hear more of this.

If rational, moral, moderate Muslims speak up more, things would be better. I've always believed that only Muslims who aren't truly serious about their faith are the good ones. My teachers were Muslim, my neighbors, and some of my friends. But they were mostly cultural Muslims on the same level as cultural Christians in the U.S. that go to church only twice a year (Christmas and Easter, mostly). These people are very nice, wonderful people who are okay with befriending and associating with kafirs on a daily basis. They don't have strong opinions about their faith nor the faith of others and don't listen to most fatwas.

If they were Christian, I would wonder about their salvation.

Thinking about it, it's probably what most people feel about other people with strong opinions or beliefs that differ from their own. Only, it seems, when regarding Islam, there's always a touch of self-preservation at hand.

When in Sudan...

Do as the Sudanese do, or get... jailed over a teddy bear?

Thousands of Islamic fanatics wielding knives demand jailed teddy bear teacher is executed

Not all cultures are created equal, especially ones without this little something better cultures like to call "common sense."

I am pretty surprised they didn't go threaten the kid who named the bear in the first place.

Update: Great news, the teacher is pardoned. I still find it awful that she had gotten jailed at all, as well as being practically kicked out of the country. However, it is most likely better for her to be back in UK where she would be (somewhat) safer.

Even after all she went through, she had the grace to be thankful and positive about her time in Sudan. While this says more about her character than it does Sudan, sometimes I wonder if it's really how she felt. I know that I wouldn't be so gracious, even if I would still be outwardly positive to avoid dragging the matter further. Although... is this a matter that shouldn't be so easily forgotten or ignored?

Ya, think?

Artists too frightened to tackle radical Islam

The article speaks for itself--and the comments too.

Insecure, much?

This is actually slightly surprising given the number of people sentenced (and that it's on Jawa rather than a more obscure/smaller island). Usually Indonesia's Muslim community would at least make an effort to appear tolerant on public level.

Via Dhimmi Watch: Indonesia sentences 41 Christians to five years in prison for proselytizing

But I guess it's true that things have been sliding more into sharia law these days. I won't say that it's more radicalized--churches have been burned and Christians either killed or jailed from way back, but it had all been done "quietly." Now, the radical Muslims just come out and say/do it outright.

There have been tons of Crusades done in Indonesia (attended a few of them myself), many pretty high profile, but it seems that once you mention anything unpleasant about Islam the radical Muslims throw a hissy-fit.