http://selvesandothers.org/ en SPIP - www.spip.net http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=30&ItemID=9673 2006-02-05T13:32:00Z text/html en Tarek Fatah ZNet <p>/Keep to forgiveness (O Mohammed), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant. /- The Koran, Chapter 7, Verse 199</p> <p>During his lifetime, Prophet Mohammed endured insults and ridicule on a daily basis. His opponents mocked his message and used physical violence to stop him from challenging the status quo.</p> <p>At no stage during this ordeal did the Prophet lose his temper or react to these provocations. Tradition has it that he would, instead, offer a prayer of forgiveness to those who showed contempt for him.</p> <p>Today, however, many followers of Prophet Mohammed are acting the exact opposite. Reacting to the provocative Danish cartoons about the Prophet, they are burning newspapers, threatening journalists, issuing bomb threats, yet claiming they are standing up for the Prophet himself. (...)</p> - <a href="" rel="directory"></a> / <a href="" rel="tag">ZNet</a>