09-02-2006, 14:42
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Re: Muslims to march in London
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Originally Posted by Nugget
One thing that we have to remember though (and I'm not condoning any potential violence etc here), is that representations of God aren't forbidden in Christianity. In fact, there's an argument to say that Christianity is grounded in symbolism, with physical representations of the Cross etc.
However, if representations of Mohammed are expressly forbidden within Islam, then I can understand where the height of feeling is coming from (again, this doesn't necessarily mean that I agree with it). Also, people have used the fact that freedom of speech is enshrined in the Western world - don't forget that freedom of expression is also part of the Western world so, as such, why shouldn't a demonstration be allowed? Provided that it is a peaceful demo, no laws are being broken...
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Technically they are, it is I believe one of the commandmants, altho its more aligned to worshiping items it really depends on how its interpreted.
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