Comments on: Bangladesh: Yet another Muhammed cartoon controversy

By: dave

dave — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:13:50 +0000

what would Muhammad do?

By: Global Voices in Italiano » Bangladesh: compromessa la libertà di informazione

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:28:34 +0000

[...] Arifur Rahman, accusato dal governo di attacco alla sensibilità religiosa per via di una innocente vignetta (in cui si citava il profeta Muhammad), collaborava con l'affiliata della testata Daily Star, [...]

By: Dippi

Dippi — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:51:09 +0000

#4 MLA
You are asking how many non-Muslims has Muhammad before their name?

As far as I know, only one, Babu´s cat.

By: angel torres

angel torres — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:11:03 +0000

Mohammand and Allah need no one to defend their name
it is ridiculous for Islamic believers to act like little children yet they are not children. as they retaliate with threats and anger at the point of a gun. The G d of the jews destroyed those who mocked him and he protected the prophets who came in his name. If Allah is the same G d then he will do the same he never changes. wake up and see that G d is all powerfull does a grown man in the military need protection of a newborn baby. NO neither does G d or a prophet of G d. realize accept that killing others is not right self defense if they attack you physically you are allowed to protect and if need be kill in order to survive. But, G d does not need nor want your help
sincerely
angel

By: Global Voices auf Deutsch » Blog Archive » Bangladesh: Blogger fordern Freilassung von Karikaturisten

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:12:00 +0000

[...] Noor schreibt in E-Bangladesh: “Vor zwei Wochen wurde eine Karikatur mit dem Titel “Name” von Arifur Rahman veröffentlicht, die die Polizei von Bangladesch [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Bangladesh: Bloggers demand release of detained cartoonist

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:03:52 +0000

[...] has been two weeks since Arifur Rahman’s cartoon “Naam” was published which prompted the Bangladesh police to take him to jail and lock him up [...]

By: Bangladesh’s Cartoon Controversy: The Prophet & His Honor « Kaleidoscope

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:52:50 +0000

[...] satirical cartoon supplement of the Daily Prothom Alo, one of Bangladesh’s most popular dailies. Rezwan from Global Voices gives us more background information: “In the 6th page of its 431th issue a cartoon titled [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:13:06 +0000

Here is a good video about Free Speech and Muslims in the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcDEj3go1gw

By: AmreekanDesi

AmreekanDesi — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:40:40 +0000

Makes you wonder why people cant take it a little easy in their lives..making a mountain of a mole hill seems to have become the global refrain.

It also must be said that that’s the problem with humor..no telling when it is going to cross the offensive limits. I am not muslim..but i would guess it is a big deal to call a cat as mohammad. I felt bad when they started printing ganesh on flip flops. But that didnt mean i went out burning stuff. Just my personal opinion.

By: Richard Baker

Richard Baker — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:55:01 +0000

Further to Fiate’s comment (#20): Yes, you have seen this joke before. The following entry was posted on the South Asian chatgroup “SouthAsiaContact@yahoogroups.com” in response to the Prothom Alo controversy. (Note: This
very active and wide-ranging chatgroup has carried several thoughtful commentaries on the Prothom Alo controversy.)

The hypocrisy of the Mullahs
A joke published in Islami Chatra Shibirs Magazine
November 1998 Edition Page 87
Under Children¢s Voices
Courtesy of Somewhere in Blog
http://images.somewhereinblog.net/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=../bba/images/sujonmcblog_1190217050_2-kk2.gif&w=0

http://images.somewhereinblog.net/phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=../bba/images/sujonmcblog_1190216928_1-kk1.gif&w=0

From: Robin Khundkar
Given the furore raised by the Mullahs about the Muhammad Biral (Cat) joke and the subsequent arrest of the cartoonist by the bangladesh Govt and abject grovelling by the Prothom Alo (leading Bengali newspaper) Management by apologizing in writing and sacking the Magazine sub-editor responsible for publishing the joke!
It is interesting to see that the Mullahs and their student arm themselves published a similar joke a few years ago in one of their publications. []

Teacher: Kalu what is your father’s name?
The Boy Kalu: Sadek
Teacher: You impertinent boy! You should say Mohammed before a name.

A few days later
Teacher: Kalu what has your mother cooked at home for dinner today?
Boy: Mohammed Kodu (Pumpkin)

Sent in by Muhammad Masud
MMEC Madrassa, Feni

By: Muhammed cartoon controversy in Bangladesh | DesiPundit

Muhammed cartoon controversy in Bangladesh | DesiPundit — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:15:48 +0000

[...] covers another Muhammed cartoon controversy in Bangladesh. And what a reaction was from the Caretaker Government! BDNews24.com reports that the Government [...]

By: dancing

dancing — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:07:51 +0000

hi,
thanks for posting the text and the aftermath. Anybody who has read and absorbed “1984″ would see the amazing part about the newspaper even removing the issue from its archives- this event never happened. At the same time as religious feelings are offended, cartoons and humour are the last bastion of legitimate criticism. If even this is not tolerated by the so-called keepers of morality, I really shed tears for “sonar bangla”!
d_c

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:47:59 +0000

I just can’t imagine that we have lost our sense of humor. There are lots of jokes about Mulla’s in our country. Similar jokes were published in Islami Chatro Shibir’s Magazine “Alor Shondane”, they named Kodu as Mohammed Kodu. How come no one says anything about it? The person is 20 years old. If your Iman is so weak that you can’t even tolerate that? I think you all need to learn your religion better. Don’t be Muslim just because you are born in a Muslim family. Be a Muslim by teach you faith better and stronger. There are lots of jokes in Saudi about the way we name our child. If they joke about it, simply see it at misunderstand between the cultures. Be a human not a animal. Bunch of people replied in this article are stupid enough to show, how weak is their faith and showing off their anger to prove they are better Muslim than other. You all bunch stupid. Iqra… learn in the name of Allah. None of you follows the path of our Prophet Mohammed (PBH) but you go crazy for his name, such an idiot. People like you gave bad name to our religion where Islam is religion of peace. And your believer act the opposite of what you religion teaches you. Learn Islam properly. What our Mullah & Maoulana teaches about Islam is not true Islam. They use it for their bread and butter, they our people are so weak that they can easily manipulate you and make you weak to gain own personal benefit. So, learn before you act. If true Islam comes to Bangladesh, those Mullah & Maulana, Pir & Dorbesh will be first to be wiped out as we have seen it in Saudi Arabia by Imam Wahaba. Purify yourself and then your society and the nation.

By: nakib_mojojojo@hotmail.com

nakib_mojojojo@hotmail.com — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:15:47 +0000

To the general Moin (who’s the real president behind the ‘borka’ president)…may be u shud take a look around and watch what happens to military rulers that shake hands with religious leaders…

To all bangalees and/or bangladeshis, plz dont let this country plunge into darkness…millions of sons and daughters bled for it…dont kill the dreams…

By: nakib_mojojojo@hotmail.com

nakib_mojojojo@hotmail.com — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:51:52 +0000

This goes on to show that the present government is indeed a fundamentalist supported and dependent one. They have so far been blind to fundamentalist extremist activities and the ones who backed them up. They went as far as saying that “May be Jamaat did not do corruption.” Is this the picture of democracy in our country? No thought control eh?

My father is a freedom fighter…but i wanna get the hell out of this country becoz i wanna live as a human being. I wanna excercise the rights i have by virtue of being a human being. In this country, i’ll get killed if i say that some thing is wrong in a religion. I dont even see any chance of a change…how can one change the mind set of population??

The cartoon incident shows how much boot-licking some editors do to stay alive…to what extent we hav surrendered to the most abjects of mysticism…to what extent we are fundamentalistic…

Once again…i am disappointed, and ashamed that i cant do anything to change this country the way my father did.