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velkom. Think of someone you really love and admire. Think of someone who means a lot to you. Someone who has done a lot for you. Someone who is kind.. Gentle.. Patient.. & Compassionate. Can you think of such a person?. Now imagine…. Imagine a person drawing a picture of that person.
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Is it because you don’t want others to think of such a kind person this way?
Or is it because you don’t think it is their right to portray him in such a way without knowing enough about him?
Our presentation today will be addressing the following topics: • What the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) means to us • How we see freedom of expression • What we have done about the offending cartoons’ incident • What our suggestions for future actions are
A last example, this time showing his gentleness with children is when..
Freedom of expression first started in the UK in1688 and in the US in 1776 and in France in 1789
Freedom of expression was granted by Islam 1440 years ago by the words of Allah in the holly Qoran and the teachings of the prophet (pbuh)..
As with modern laws of Europe and America, there are restrictions to freedom of expression: it simply stops when you are offending or hurting other people’s feelings or sacred symbols.
We were both happy and surprised to hear the news about the Cultural Editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten who was sent on indefinite leave because he was considering publishing cartoons on the holocaust
Happy because we agree on the principle that offence to others should not be tolerated
And surprised because the incident of the offending cartoons was not handled the same way..
Actually we weren’t just surprised, to say the least we found it very strange and totally biased.
For the last part we, as students would like to talk to you about what we have done and what we would like to ask for
What we demand: a similar law to that of the holocaust banning journalists and media people from offending sacred symbols, not just those of Muslims, but those of any religious sect or belief.
We would also like to invite you, the rest of Denmark, the rest of Europe and the western world to read about the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) from an objective point of view.