@J.J Philips
Qur'an 5:33. "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter."[/b]
My Answer
Hey listen to me the verse you quote is true If some will did war against Islam or say something about Muhammad (SAW) then he/she will be killed by muslims and he will no more in this world..
Let me ask one thing ? Suppose if someone did war against the one whom you believe ? What you can do ??
I suspect you use the word "war" very differently than I do. There's a huge difference between someone killing a Muslim and someone mocking Muhammed.
I defend the right of people to say things I disagree with. I get the impression this is difficult for Muslims to understand. Of course, obviously, I might argue with people I disagree with, but I wouldn't kill them.
If someone insult my Prophet (PBUH), it is equal to my killing or killing of muslim...The right which you want defend was described and introduce by Islam and our Prophet (SAW)....
First of all, I (PBUM) fixed the "quote" tags so that it doesn't look like I (PBUM) wrote what you wrote (the last line). I (PBUM) think maybe there's a problem with your browser. You should look at using another one.
Second, I (PBUM) just want to point out that you simultaneously said: (1) In Islam insulting Muhammed is equal to killing. (2) Muhammed was the first person to describe and introduce the concept of freedom of expression.
This supports my assertion that Muslims are simply incapable of understanding the idea of freedom of expression. Unless you're saying Muhammed described freedom of expression in order to reject it, you're saying contradictory things. Is that what you meant? Muhammed described freedom of expression and then said it is forbidden? From context, it seems like you're saying Muhammed was in favor of freedom of expression. But to be fair, I'll make an explict variant (2') of your second statement:
(2') Islam supports freedom of expression.
(1) and (2') contradict each other.
Let me spell this contradiction out logically for you. I can spell out the steps in more detail if something isn't clear.
Here are three assertions I claim to be self-evident:
(A) Freedom of expression implies the right to say something without risking legal punishment.
(B) Insulting Muhammed is an example of saying something.
(C) Killing someone risks legal punishment.
If you think (A), (B) or (C) is false, let me know.
OK. Now, you asserted
(1) In Islam insulting Muhammed is equal to killing.
If one accepts (1) and (C), we conclude:
(D) Islam does not support the right to insult Muhammed without risk of legal punishment.
Here is my variant of your second statement:
(2') Islam supports freedom of expression.
By (2') and (A), we can conclude:
(E) Islam supports the right to say something without risking legal punishment.
By (E) and (B) we can conclude:
(F) Islam supports the right to insult Muhammed without risking legal punishment.
Now if we combine (D) and (F) we see that Islam both supports the mentioned right and does not support the mentioned right. This means Islam is contradictory.
Is there any step of this argument that isn't clear?