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Saturday, February 11, 2006

Jyllands-Posten: Muhammad Posters controversy.

A Danish newspaper published twelve posters portraying Prophet Muhammad on 10th Sept.2005. The posters are in bad taste and are far away from being any healthy satire. This has outraged Moslems all over the world as even depiction of Prophet Muhammad is blasphemous. This is not the first time that such things have happened in the west. Some designers had designed undergarments and customized toilet seats, which had the photos of Hindu gods and Goddesses. The Hindu community in Europe and US had lodged protest with the respective governments and urged them to take action. Some designers apologized for hurting the religious sentiments of the Hindus. I accept that freedom of speech and expression is a fundamental right of people but we should also learn to act responsibly and not hurt any sentiments under the pretext of this right. Though I am totally against legal censoring of expressions and actions but some self censorship and restraint should definitely exercised by everybody and especially by the media.

1 Comments:

  • hi i wud like to share somethin...in the keanu reeves ugh movie 'constantine' there was scene in which i cud see a painting of lord ganesha on an object ....on pausing the cd for clear examination it turned out to be an ash tray.....now how crude and insensitive is tat???

    lets respect every religion by not indulging in such pieces of "art"

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at March 01, 2006 5:17 PM  

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