Protests outside a Batley School

[bluealf]

As I understand it for the Sunni religion it's seen as idolatry and haram. However for the Shia's its quite common to see images of Mohammed.

One of the major issues within the Sunni religion is that Sharia is seen as absolute and the actual words or the prophet rather than something that can be interpreted and nuanced.

fine words for made to suit :)

 

[bluealf]

Blasphemy? F***ing Blasphemy? It's 2021 for f***'s sake. What next? People being punished for insulting unicorns?."
I agree with Ricky Gervais

Never go full Gervais.

 

[bluealf]

I love how this works on several levels.

Focus solely on the partner part, I'm 100% sure we are meant to do so :)

 

[Newman Noggs]

This modern predilection for being grossly offended really gets on my tits. At what point did offending someone become such a cardinal sin?

In some people’s eyes, causing someone offence is now seen as worse than causing someone harm.

And this isn’t just restricted to Muslims. It’s an affliction that subsists across society.

It’s actually quite pathetic.

I'd go so far as to say it's the new religion and is, therefore, the fault of atheists. The bastards.

 

[ballinio]

I thought we weren’t allowed to protest at the moment ? Police too busy beating up women at a vigil then .
Selective law enforcement .

 

[W12]

the significant thing for me with the protest.....no women

and taking time off from work too.

 

[SWP's back]

This modern predilection for being grossly offended really gets on my tits. At what point did offending someone become such a cardinal sin?

In some people’s eyes, causing someone offence is now seen as worse than causing someone harm.

And this isn’t just restricted to Muslims. It’s an affliction that subsists across society.

It’s actually quite pathetic.

I guess we should be thankful that the U.K.* has moved on, 500 years ago and they were burning people at the stake for this level as blasphemy.

*Also pleased we weren’t in Mosul two years ago when ISIS were doing similar.

 

[idahoblues]

Focus solely on the partner part, I'm 100% sure we are meant to do so :)

Let’s just say the lovin precedes the killing.........on a good day

 

[Kompany Car]

Sunni is a massive section of Muslims all with different beliefs though. It's like the difference between the Western churches and Eastern Orthadox churches. There's still a massive variety within each part.

I'm willing to bet that if you look into the backgrounds of these self-appointed community leaders and protesters, you'll discover that they almost all attend a Salafi or Wahhabi mosque, which are Sunni, but a fundamentalist variety. Unfortunately, given the amount of funding that Saudi Arabia puts into spreading this toxic variety, the ideas are seeping into Islam more widely. But in principle, these people are like the Orthadox Jews who protest when a lingerie advert appears in their street, or the evangelical Christians that protest when someone puts on a play taking the piss out of Jesus, who might belong to a wider group of Christians, but are still a small extreme sect within that. However, those groups tend to stick to protests, whereas the Islamic variety tends to be protest backed up with the threat of murder.

Correct there are 1.7Bn Muslims on the planet, all of varying beliefs and only around 1% follow the more extreme doctrines.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I thought we weren’t allowed to protest at the moment ? Police too busy beating up women at a vigil then .
Selective law enforcement .

Spot on mate. No doubt the usual suspects will be along to try and make out their 30 year careers as coppers somehow make their view more relevant. Some of these dicks should check twitter and youtube before spouting their nonsense.