Bangladesh Bans Facebook

The Islamic countries react like this to unimportant little issues like this, and then wonder why they're the center of attention when it comes to insulting groups of people. Like c'mon, you don't see people threatening to blow up cities for drawing Jesus or Moses.

I agree that they overreact, but a lil fyi...it's against their religion to draw Mohammad, so a more appropriate thing to compare that to would be...burning a bible?

Someone has the right idea. The spread of slander on Facebook is unimaginable. It has a grip on the youth of our society. A playground of hatred brewing more hatred. Freedom of speech is taken a little out of context with this crap. How on earth can a parent keep track of every text, tweet, or Facebook update? I'll tell you what. If my child (I don't have one... YET) was on Facebook texting FTW, WTF, etc... it would be on like Donkey Kong.

And... gay marriage is against against conservative Christians' religions, so it'd be totally cool if any Christian-majority censored their media like that. Oh wait...

when you attack black people, they call it racism. When you attack Jewish people, they call it anti semitism. When you attack women, they call it sexism. When you attack homosexuality, they call it intolerance. When you attack your country,they call it treason. When you attack a religious sect, they call it...hate speech. But when they attack the Prophet (PBUH), they want to call it freedom of speech.

Yeah i'm a muslim. Have some respect. People can avoid situations liek this easily by NOT drawing him. It's not like it's getting in people's way. People are ignorant.

Please, put a Muhammad image on every website!!!

see what i'm talking about?

Bangladesh has the right idea, but for the wrong reason...

Here's hoping other countries ban Facebook too, but only because it sucks. USA next please?

Threatening people's lives is in no way a proper response to a sacrilegious comment.

Wow Toms is slipping. You guys realize that the ban has already been lifted right? It was lifted before you even put the article up. Seriously.

What happened to freedom of speech that includes images/ideas?
Why going against the herd of religion and state will get you where. Against there religion becomes a shield of convince. To be used at will, Christians have the ten commandments the first commandment; however, you do not see people reacting this way when it is broken for a reason. BTW when u burn a bible your not offending people, you offend its author. That is why there is no riots after your friendly neighborhood bible burning session. Yes gay marriage is against what the bible religion says, but not being gay. You can be gay and be a christian. If your a parent and let you kid use these things without supervision then you should not be a parent.
There is porn on the internet lets shut it off?
The person who drew the cartoon has a open contract on his head still.
I am surprised south park did not get this treatment.

yes but that's the typical response from muslim extremists... not every muslim is a extremist, i'd wish ppl stop generalizing. this is what happens when the press shows what they show.

a good example is the fact that there are more suicides in a year then there are homicides, but most people think the opposite because the press expose them to homicides way more then suicides

I didn't mean to come off as disrespectful with my comment, so sorry if I've offended anybody. Yes, I realize that it is against their religion, but I was just trying to point out that there are major overreactions that take place. I'm not religious, so I can't say I know what it's like, but I do know that I have grown tolerant of other people's religions, even though I entirely disagree with the concept. I just think they need to make a move and say "Alright, it's against our beliefs, but that's okay." So again, sorry if I've offended anybody; it was unintentional.

I second that..don't do it...easy resolution..what the hell is it that you get from doing it anyways ?..off course the only reason could be to make fun and ignite hatred..what else ?..thats exactly what is not allowed in any religion.

Ah yes, the generalization that all Americans know nothing about Islam nor Muslims if they are not Muslim. Fortunately I know the difference between an extremist and a moderate. I have been to a class or two. It is an interesting religion and a mostly peaceful one. Arabic can be a very ambiguous language though which can lead to people's ownm interpretation. Unfortunately it does not change the death threats that stem from this. Also, just to say I do not condone the drawings of your prophet at all by any means.

meh, trolls be trollin' and haters be hatin'

Sorry, but that was the first thing that came to mind. Really though people overreact to the dumbest things. People draw Muhammed(pbuh) to get attention and to provoke a response. Guess what? Actions like banning Facebook gets them attention, which in turn gives them their sought after erection.

The solution to hate speech? Tell them its not okay, try to educate people. You will succeed with some and fail with others. Ignore the others until they fade into obscurity while protecting yourself from violence. This is what Islam teaches.

Putting out hits on people is not okay and is an Arab cultural innovation ascribed to Islam. The only time violence is allowed in Islam, according to the Quran, is in self defense. Thats it.

Yes, I am also Muslim. I am not moderate nor am I extremist, just Muslim. Go in peace.

P.s. As a side note, being homosexual is not against Islam, homosexual intercourse is. Hence the homosexual Mosque in Canada.

This is precisely what I was getting at. The reason people continue to do such things are for the thrill of it. In reality, people do things to get reactions out of people. The more extreme the reaction, the more this action will be carried out. If they (meaning the extremists, not all Muslims) just sit back and ignore it, people will stop doing it, and move on to trollin' someone else. Then everybody is happy.

Voices of reason on the Internets, how I have missed thee.

Why thank you

Bangladesh done the righ thing.

Religious tolerance is a two-way street. As non-Muslims, I do not see a problem with promoting education of the Muslim faith and teach an "understanding" of their ways and belief. Such education would do wonders to avoid such incidents and promote tolerance.

On the flipside, Muslims should also understand and accept the fact that the whole world is not Muslim and with the various different beliefs out there (including atheists) that "transgressions" are unavoidable and should be responded to with tolerance and enlightenment. I'm sure that there are many Muslims out there that follow this, but they seem to be a quiet majority, and need to speak out louder to drown out the extremists.

One can dream...

I'm sorry but Muslims are far more unforgiving than most other religions. What about all the Christians that have to put up with bible burnings, Jesus covered in excrement, pee, etc. I don't see the christian community bringing the planet into some grand planetary self destruction process.

You must learn to tolerate the rest of the world. I understand that Mohamed drawings are against scripture but if I wanted to draw him then I will and should expect no reprisals or death sentences for exposing my opinion. I am sure Muslims have drawn many kind of anti-religious pictures with no global pandemic as a response by Christians or other religions for that matter.

Time to move on and catch up with the modern time. Team work. Not bigotry.

Don't blame them cuz they're not ???

Cut the language or I'll give you a 2 day ban.

Thanks.

[citation][nom]wintermint[/nom]Don't blame them cuz they're not ??? citation]
they're smart ??? because they'll proxy.

And your not smart enough either.

Any more inappropriate language and you can have a 2 day ban too ..

Yeah? Doesn't seem to me that way buddy. I'm a Bangladeshi in Bangladesh right now and I'm forced to hide my IP to visit facebook. Btw I'm also a Muslim. Mocking Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh)is something we consider worse than burning down a Mosque. Blocking fb was a necessary move in that regard. Also, I agree with 'Anonymous'about self defence being the only violence allowed in Islam. Terrorists are just terrorists, not 'Muslim' terrorists, as they're far from the main goal of Islam, or any religion for that matter - peace.

After Pakistan, democracy is now dead in Bangladesh as well. I guess for all those "moderate Muslims" that are supposedly out there it seems like there aren't a lot of them in positions of power.

Sorry but no matter how you look at it, taking such religious "blasthemies" so seriously just shows how "lacking" the islamic culture has become. Sure, west has its own social problems, but the lack of interest/respect for christianity came from scientific progress and development of social level, human rights etc.

The people doing this arent just "trolling", they want to show that it isnt exactly "right" for such a huge number of people to take their religion above all else - they want arabs to start looking at life through modern perspective.

So banning of facebook basically says "we dont want to change, we want to keep our medieval traditions and fuck off rest of the world".

I guess this isnt the right forum for this though

oh, come on. For 600 years my people were under Muslim rule and guess what? A church was not allowed to be any higher than a Muslim on a horse and thats the least you could expect from Muslims when they gain the upper hand. They have proven it over and over again in many parts of the world even in modern times that they'll seek and annihilate anything that's not their way. Muslims have a total disrespect for other peoples' lives and culture. It's not just some terrorists it's the religion and their prophet. Read some history and you'll see that in Islam from the very beginning everything is all about violence. From the prophet and his war to his successors and the Umaiyads...

BTW I am agnostic and I don't care about any religion I do see major problems in any Judaism based religions.

Zingam, seriously you were not under muslim rule, don;t use the whole "my people" routine that's so low. So quit complaining, your just as bad as modern day jews who talk as if they themselves survived the holocaust, give it a rest. Shit happens, just chill you intolrant a-holes. Learn to respect others, seriously.

I know that oppressive Islamic regimes like to liken religion to race (by forbidding conversions and having separate laws for people with different faiths), but out here in the civilized world we distinguish between personal characteristics that you were born with (like the color of your skin) and the ideas that you carry with you. These are indeed very different things: criticism of Islam or the prophet are nothing like racism, they're exactly the same thing as criticizing the ideas of a political party, or an ideology like fascism. If you ban criticism on Islam you ban criticism on every idea and ideology, making rational discussions and progress impossible. You criticized racism in your post, and I'm sure there are a few klan members out there who find that very offensive, should you now be arrested like Mahbub Alam Rodin for insulting the beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan? Hell, Islam itself began as a criticism of older religions and practices, maybe they should have arrested and silenced the prophet back then...
Banning criticism of an idea or ideology can only be justified if you can objectively proof that that idea or ideology is flawless and right on everything, and that's impossible with a religion because they are based on faith, not proof.

And you can avoid these situations by not caring. Then it will stop. I certainly do not support these drawings or things like this in any way, it shows a lack of respect, but don't you realize that the attention given to this is what fuels it?

Accept that much of the world is not muslim and do not share your values. We have to do the same with you.

Do you not believe that your God is able to bring judgement upon those who dishonor him? Why are you trying to take his place?