Fight Islamic Pressure To Censor Wikipedia
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All those who support freedom of speech
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This petition is in response to a call for censorship on Wikipedia by the Muslim community here. They claim that any depiction of the Prophet Mohammed is blasphemy and therefor forbidden.
While Muslims are entitled to their beliefs, they cannot impose them on people of different faiths. They themselves are required to respect the beliefs and practices of others whether they be religious or not.
This is not so much about religion as it is the reporting of historical events and people. The Prophet Mohammed was a important figure in history like so many others. While Muslims may perceive him as a prophet not to be depicted in portraits, that is only a belief and not fact. For many of us he is just a historical figure and is therefore afforded no special privileges.
The images in question can be seen here:
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Please visit my site ReligiousFreaks.com to further discuss this issue and any other issues related to religion.
While Muslims are entitled to their beliefs, they cannot impose them on people of different faiths. They themselves are required to respect the beliefs and practices of others whether they be religious or not.
This is not so much about religion as it is the reporting of historical events and people. The Prophet Mohammed was a important figure in history like so many others. While Muslims may perceive him as a prophet not to be depicted in portraits, that is only a belief and not fact. For many of us he is just a historical figure and is therefore afforded no special privileges.
The images in question can be seen here:
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Please visit my site ReligiousFreaks.com to further discuss this issue and any other issues related to religion.
This petition is in response to a call for censorship on Wikipedia by the Muslim community here. They claim that any depiction of the Prophet Mohammed is blasphemy and therefor forbidden.
While Muslims are entitled to their beliefs, they cannot impose them on people of different faiths. They themselves are required to respect the beliefs and practices of others whether they be religious or not.
This is not so much about religion as it is the reporting of historical events and people. The Prophet Mohammed was a important figure in history like so many others. While Muslims may perceive him as a prophet not to be depicted in portraits, that is only a belief and not fact. For many of us he is just a historical figure and is therefore afforded no special privileges.
The images in question can be seen here:
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Please visit my site ReligiousFreaks.com to further discuss this issue and any other issues related to religion.
While Muslims are entitled to their beliefs, they cannot impose them on people of different faiths. They themselves are required to respect the beliefs and practices of others whether they be religious or not.
This is not so much about religion as it is the reporting of historical events and people. The Prophet Mohammed was a important figure in history like so many others. While Muslims may perceive him as a prophet not to be depicted in portraits, that is only a belief and not fact. For many of us he is just a historical figure and is therefore afforded no special privileges.
The images in question can be seen here:
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Please visit my site ReligiousFreaks.com to further discuss this issue and any other issues related to religion.
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I respect Islam as a religion. But they need to understands that for the non-muslims An image is worth than 1000 words. Specially when it comes to art history, which I am a student of. They cannot forbid us to keep information for study and appreciation. They have the right to follow their religion, but we have the right to NOT be forced to follow a dogma that not apply to us.
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"While Muslims are entitled to their beliefs, they cannot impose them on people of different faiths. They themselves are required to respect the beliefs and practices of others whether they be religious or not." I'm not a Muslim and never will be. I respect the rights of Muslims to practice their religion but I do not want a part of it in my life. If we allow Muslims to dictate to us how we ought to act then we'll all be under a worldwide Sharia law and will have no freedoms left.
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I want to see pictures of Mohammed to further my knowlege. How dare anyone in the land of the free impinge on the printing of the truth. Tolerance is a two way street. Thank you
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الارسول الله محمد لااله الاالله محمد رسول الله
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I'm getting pretty sick & tired of being dictated to by Muslims! Members of Islam don't want to be treated equally with everyone else living on this planet. They want to force everyone to do things their way! It's time to stop allowing these people to tell the rest of us what to do!
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la ellah Ela Allah Mohamed Rasol Allah
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8:09 am PDT, Apr 15,
Niels Thomsen, Denmark
See the Muhammed cartoons http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kw.2.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kavalkade.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Arne_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.1.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Annette_Carlsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Jens_Julius_Hansen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Peder_Bundgaard_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Bob_Katzennelson_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Lars_Refn_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Claus_Seidel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Erik_Abild_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.gif http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Poul_Erik_Poulsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Rasmus_Sand_Hoyer_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Franz_Fuchsel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg See the ugly truth about islam http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3186/iijhla5.jpg http://skeptically.org/hhor/id11.html |
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Haspya allah wa ne3ma el wakeel
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u don't know our prophet
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If you do not want to be discriminated against DO respect the rest of the world's point of view. We do not tell you what to print or not to print, do we?! You do not have to use the Wikipedia = do not like it, do not use it! Notice that you are forever setting yourselves aside from all the other cultures instead of contributing to the global knowledge. Stop throughing tantrums! Do grow up!
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hasbi Allah wa Neaam Al Wakeel
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I am full on anti-censorship. However, I think we should have respect for our fellow man and think about the things that we post and how it will affect them.
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Wikipedia is not censored! Censorships for so-called "ethical" and "traditional" reasons are pure excuses to surpress knowledge! Let knowledge be free as it has been always!
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People mock Christians, Catholics, Jewish, etc. everyday of their lives. So why should Muslims get the special treatment? If you haven't noticed, they are the only religious group that has taken violence against the mindless people who made fun. Every other group has taken the harrassment peacefully and concluded it as "free rights" and "free opinion".
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This petition would have many more signatures were it not for the fear of violent retribution from radical Muslims.
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c'est inacceptable
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1:50 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Sّren Kristensen, Denmark
You muslims have no respect for democracy, free speach or freedom. You live in the 17th century, well, stay there and stay away from us and stay away from the Western World. |
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8:19 am PDT, Mar 31,
Jّrgen Pedersen, Denmark
New link to Fitna, see the full movie http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8791144316262627631&hl=en See the Muhammed cartoons http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kw.2.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/kavalkade.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Arne_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.1.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Annette_Carlsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Jens_Julius_Hansen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Peder_Bundgaard_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Bob_Katzennelson_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Lars_Refn_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Claus_Seidel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.0.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Erik_Abild_Soerensen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.gif http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Poul_Erik_Poulsen_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Rasmus_Sand_Hoyer_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6337/2188/1600/Muhammed_Franz_Fuchsel_Jyllands-Posten_Cartoons.jpg See the ugly truth about islam http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3186/iijhla5.jpg http://skeptically.org/hhor/id11.html |
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لا الله الا الله محمد رسول الله عليه افضل الصلاة والسلام الا رسول الله اشرف الخلق عليه افضل الصلاة والسلام يا كفرة انشاء الله نشوفكوا فى نــــــــــــــــار جهنم باذن الله
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12:30 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Steen Jacobsen, Denmark
NEW LINK TO FITNA http://www.viddler.com/explore/bran8464/videos/9/ |
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5:33 am PDT, Mar 29,
Martin Andersen, Denmark
Fitna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCrCsTMokTU |
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2:15 am PDT, Mar 28,
Jan Andersen, Denmark
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103 |
