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next sunday is the 3rd Draw Mohammed Day
Next sunday, the 20th of May 2012, is the third annual Draw Mohammed Day, inspired by the horrid fanatic who put a price on the head of a young woman cartoonist for drawing a picture that actually didn't depict Mohammed, but in which a bunch of things falsely claimed to be Mohammed. She had to change her name, move house, and change her work because these imbeciles misunderstand their Koran and get the meaning completely backwards from what it was intended to be.
It seems Mohammed had seen pictures and sculptures of people become idols which got worshipped thereby getting in the way of what the religion was really supposed to be about. He was a fairly smart man and didn't want this happening to his religion so he said that people shouldn't worship images or sculptures of him, and I'm sure he thought the easiest way to prevent that was to tell his followers just not to make them in the first place. But he didn't realise how creative his followers would be in their desire to completely miss his message and make his image holy anyway. They've now made his image so holy that you're forbidden to make it.
If Mohammed was alive today he would really think this was a facepalm moment. How disappointed would he be in those thickheaded followers who think his image is so holy that it is too holy to draw! And how sad would he be that they think drawing it is sufficient reason to kill!
Draw Mohammed Day is our chance to stand up and tell these idiots that they can't take freedoms away just because they can't even understand their own religious texts. The more they pull stupid stunts like that the more people will draw Mohammed. If they truly want people to stop drawing him then they need to learn to stop threatening people... become a little civilised.
If you feel worried that these jerks might threaten you then post a picture online anonymously. In fact if you are worried about it then you should definitely post a picture. It is the only way to ram the message home to these nasty people.
It seems Mohammed had seen pictures and sculptures of people become idols which got worshipped thereby getting in the way of what the religion was really supposed to be about. He was a fairly smart man and didn't want this happening to his religion so he said that people shouldn't worship images or sculptures of him, and I'm sure he thought the easiest way to prevent that was to tell his followers just not to make them in the first place. But he didn't realise how creative his followers would be in their desire to completely miss his message and make his image holy anyway. They've now made his image so holy that you're forbidden to make it.
If Mohammed was alive today he would really think this was a facepalm moment. How disappointed would he be in those thickheaded followers who think his image is so holy that it is too holy to draw! And how sad would he be that they think drawing it is sufficient reason to kill!
Draw Mohammed Day is our chance to stand up and tell these idiots that they can't take freedoms away just because they can't even understand their own religious texts. The more they pull stupid stunts like that the more people will draw Mohammed. If they truly want people to stop drawing him then they need to learn to stop threatening people... become a little civilised.
If you feel worried that these jerks might threaten you then post a picture online anonymously. In fact if you are worried about it then you should definitely post a picture. It is the only way to ram the message home to these nasty people.