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God help anyone making a comic book / graphic novel about Islam. Seriously. I'm all for people wanting to spread their religion by making into a comic. Sadly, some radicals in that religion are agaist any drawings of their main prophet.

I bought an interesting illustrated book about Islam. The authors chose not to illustrate Muhammed and try not to offend radicals in their religion. When I hear about idiot Christians protesting Harry Potter or see Viz edit Full Metal Alchemist, I rather empathise.

Then again, there was a time in the Christian Church when some leaders banned images of Saints and Jesus as being idolotry. Thankfully, the iconoclasts were defeated and icons of Saints, Christ, and other holy characters were allowed back into the church. So my heart goes out to those in Islam trying to pictorally represent their faith.

Of course, radical Islam also doesn't care for the images of other religions. Let's not forget some of the largest Buddhist statues were in Afganistan. Notice that is past tense.

Serisously, what is with this anti-Harry Potter crap? Like some kid will really start drawing upsidedown pentagrams and try to raise demons after reading this series?

Some radicals? There are many many thousands of those loons. They're basic answer to anyone doing anything they don't like is "cut off their head."

Thankfully, the iconoclasts were defeated and icons of Saints, Christ, and other holy characters were allowed back into the church. So my heart goes out to those in Islam trying to pictorally represent their faith.

I watched footage of, it may have been live but I'm not sure, when the Taliban destroyed those statues. It made me feel sick to my stomach. It really did.

The most frightening thing about that, to me, was that it clearly illustrated what these people want to do to all of the world. In the eyes of the radicals, if you can't be converted you must be killed. And all that they think is an offense to their religion must be destroyed.

The saddest thing is that there are many people who would rather ignore the obviously murderous radicals, allowing them to either radicalize or kill the moderates of Islam, in favor of worrying about the words "In God We Trust" being printed on US currency.

I watched footage of, it may have been live but I'm not sure, when the Taliban destroyed those statues. It made me feel sick to my stomach. It really did.

You know what make my stomach feel sick when i heard about bombings on civilians in Afganistan.

Richard J. wrote:

Serisously, what is with this anti-Harry Potter crap? Like some kid will really start drawing upsidedown pentagrams and try to raise demons after reading this series?

Not trying to defend them here or anything, but I broke down in tears and threw a tantrum on my eleventh birthday when I didn't get a letter in the mail that said I'd been admited to Hogwarts. (I also thought that if I jumped off the edge of my bed, flapped my arms really fast, and chanted "Wingardium Leviosa!" I'd really be able to fly. Thank goodness I dumped my Harry Potter fandom in favor of anime, or I'd probably be dead by now.)

You have Christians piously stating that they are peaceful, while forgetting the 20 years of bloodshed between the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.

The followers of Islam are no better, as the internecine wars between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq have shown.

Where you have Formal Religion, you get Radicalism, and radicals are by definition irrational.

Until Formal Religions are disbanded, wars and terrorism will continue. At least wars started through politics have a rational reason behind them..... Mostly.

Strictly speaking, Buddism is not a religion, but a Philosophy.

As an atheist, this type of thread is really funny.

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You have Christians piously stating that they are peaceful, while forgetting the 20 years of bloodshed between the Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. The followers of Islam are no better, as the internecine wars between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq have shown. Where you have Formal Religion, you get Radicalism, and radicals are by definition irrational. Until Formal Religions are disbanded, wars and terrorism will continue. At least wars started through politics have a rational reason behind them..... Mostly.

The quote is from an article I wrote nearly 15 years ago while in college, and got me a A in English.

What saddens me is the amount of vitriol being spread by apparently intelligent people, just because of religion.


JBV

Strictly speaking, Buddism is not a religion, but a Philosophy.

Sadly, some radicals in that religion are agaist any drawings of their main prophet.

The Xenos wrote:

Sadly, some radicals in that religion are agaist any drawings of their main prophet.

It's not the radicals who are against it, it's most of those who follow the Islamic faith. They are strictly forbidden by the religion (it's included in their books) to depict their prophet to prevent idolism.

Until Formal Religions are disbanded, wars and terrorism will continue.

Where you have Formal Religion, you get Radicalism

It's forbidden to also depict Allah, so you can expect a fair amount of uproar because of the drawings and animations of Allah featured in the magazine.