{"id":2349,"date":"2012-10-13T07:56:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T07:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2012-10-13T07:56:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T07:56:39","slug":"muslim-tolerance-vs-islamophobic-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/10\/13\/2349\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Tolerance Vs Islamophobic Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/muslim-tolerance.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>CAIRO \u2013 Rejecting media\u2019s furious coverage of Muslims worldwide, Muslims have criticized Newsweek magazine cover titled \u201cMuslim Rage,\u201d calling on Muslims to educate others about true Islam and the practices of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him).  <!--more-->  <br \/>\u201cIslam teaches us to be peaceful if we want to protest we can protest all day long, peacefully,\u201d Bunder Shageer, a student at Florida\u2019s Flagler College, told The Gargoyle newspaper on Thursday, October 11.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s not our right to suppress others, it\u2019s not our right to react violently,\u201d Shageer explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last September, a Newsweek headline titled \u201cMuslim Rage\u201d stirred Muslim criticism as stigmatizing world Muslims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The magazine was covering Muslim protests over an American-made film insulting Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Titled \u2018innocence of Muslims\u2019, the film portrays the Prophet as a fool, philanderer and a religious fake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film triggered protests in several countries around the world, which left scores of people dead, including the US ambassador in Libya.<br \/>Adding insult into injury, a French magazine published cartoons mocking the prophet, further angering Muslims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shageer first heard of the film while at home watching ABC News, feeling disappointed by the violent reaction in Libya and some Muslim countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe problem overseas is that people are looking at them [the rioters] as all the Arab nation. That\u2019s not what Islam teaches us. God bless his soul the ambassador of Libya,\u201d Shageer said.<br \/>\u201cThe fact that he is harmed is a breach in contract with the Islamic religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While condemning the provocative film, Muslim leaders around the world have denounced attacks on foreign diplomatic missions, calling for a measured response to the movie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh said Saturday that attacks on foreign embassies over the film run counter to the peaceful teachings of Islam.<br \/>&#8220;Such acts damage the Muslim religion, are not permitted by God and are incompatible with the teachings of the Prophet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facing media\u2019s furious faces, Shageer urged Muslims to respond through education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOur goal is to stress the fact that it\u2019s not what Muslims do. It\u2019s a teaching period for us,\u201d he said.<br \/>\u201cYeah, what\u2019s happening is a fact: riots, death, but it\u2019s not what Islam is about.\u201d<br \/>Dr. James Rowell, a professor of religion and Islamic politics at Flagler College, agrees.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s very unfortunate you have this violent reaction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll of these extreme ideas really are fostered in positions of political and cultural repression and lack of freedom.\u201d<br \/>Shageer said the extremists\u2019 point of view is due to lack of knowledge of the true Islamic teachings.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s a big picture kind of deal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSmall groups of people cause problems and makes it look like the whole nation is problematic.\u201d<br \/>Outside of work and classes, Shageer spends a significant time each day reflecting on the practices of Muhammed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFor me, it\u2019s second nature. If it\u2019s time to pray, I pray. If it\u2019s time to fast, I fast. If people are in need of help, we must help them,&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#8220;The thing about Islam, it\u2019s not just a religion. It\u2019s a way of life. [That\u2019s] the beauty if it. It\u2019s a way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: OnIslam &amp; News Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO \u2013 Rejecting media\u2019s furious coverage of Muslims worldwide, Muslims have criticized Newsweek magazine cover titled \u201cMuslim Rage,\u201d calling on Muslims to educate others about true Islam and the practices of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Muslim Tolerance Vs Islamophobic Media - SunniOnline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/10\/13\/2349\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Muslim Tolerance Vs Islamophobic Media - 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