The Burial of Reason
What precisely is that ingredient, that collective emotional hysteria that afflicts Muslims that they react in such an incendiary manner as to riot and blame and agitate and end up committing murder in the course of protecting the sanctity of their religion? Other religions may be targeted for criticism ranging from innocent-to-ignorant teasing, all the way to blasphemous and racist-inspired vicious slander, and their adherents, while hurt and outraged, do not riot, do not threaten, do not commit murder in honour of their God.Yes, in some countries of the West where Muslims are numerous, protesters took to the streets after the publication of those notorious Danish cartoons, and the demonstrations were of an outraged, but peaceful nature. Signs were carried denouncing the depictions of the Prophet Mohammad reading "United Against Incitement", "Muhammad, Symbol of Freedom & Honour", "United Against Homophobia", "Muhammad, Mercy to Mankind"; all of which sentiments cannot be faulted.
Except for the fact that Islamic jihad has indeed led to incitement, and fanatical jihadists are intent on demonstrating their sublimely murderous mission without mercy to mankind, and the symbolism of freedom and honour in murder-and-suicide missions somehow escapes rationality, and then again, fundamentalist Muslims and national theocratical laws do indeed unite against homosexuals to the extent that in many such countries the death penalty ensues for that crime.
If, then, most peace-loving Muslims believe in the spirit of that signage, how do they balance those beliefs with the reality of what has been unfolding around the world through the auspices of Islam high-jacked by the fanatics around them? How is it that the collective of Muslims muster the courage to march against a perceived indignity to their Prophet whom they claim is a man of peace, serving a peaceful deity, yet they are disinterested in protesting against those among them who besmirch Islam by making of it an instrument of death?
Is the world outside Islam truly intent on slandering Islam and vilifying its adherents out of a sense of vulgar spitefulness? Or is the world reacting as it must, as it should, to an emphatically fascist culture of domination and angry denunciation resulting in mass bloodshed, both among Muslims themselves and non-Muslims? How can their perspective be so completely warped that they cannot identify that they support those whose mission is to degrade Islam?
For under the guise of Islamic zeal these jihadists threaten and incite and demand fear while violently demonstrating their capability in blood-letting. Why are these people and their violently deadly endeavours not deplored and denounced by the great masses of Muslims whose ire and outrage is so readily invoked against non-Muslims who point out the hypocrisy inherent in complacently accepting the violence from co-religionists?
Now that this unanswered question dangles like a huge void of reason demanding rationality and perspective, perhaps another question is in order. Why is it, how is it that the Western world has become so culturally sensitive to the fearsome reaction of Muslims that they have become complicit in misdirecting blame and failing to face reality?
Why is it that kindly exculpatory explanations ensue from the currently dominant, political left of the West, excusing bad behaviour on the part of the Muslim world?
Labels: Human Relations, Human Rights, Political Realities, Religion
posted by Pieface @ Thursday, August 20, 2009
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