By Sajid Iqbal
Let me ask you something… If someone insulted your mum or dad, how would you react? ‘I’ll kick his head in’ is what you will probably say, yeah? If someone insulted your sister, brother, husband or wife what then? You’ll probably react with anger, flex your muscles and may be use every swear word you can think of, am I right? We all know that’s not the best way to behave, but sometimes when someone goes too far you simply lose the plot, innit?
Now, if you hold the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) closer to you than your mum, dad, brother or sister and people insult him, then what? If the person you see as your ultimate role model is ridiculed then what must you be feeling? Let me guess, you’re vexed, you’re fuming, you feel demonised, insulted and hurt. Now when Geert Wilders’ film ‘Fitna’ takes the mick out of the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet 
– how do you feel? When cartoons are printed which take the mick out of the Prophet – how do you feel? When books, websites, documentaries, cartoons, speeches criticise, demonise, insult and take the mick out of your Prophet , your teachings and your faith then how are you supposed to react?
Many people will answer by showing anger, hatred, violence, causing havoc, letting off steam, shouting and screaming!
A Christian surveyor, Professor Edward reported in TIME Magazine on April 16, 1979, that in a span of 150 years, from 1800 to 1950 over 60,000 books had been written against Islam. That works out to more than one book against Islam every day. And more recently, since September 11 the propaganda and hatred against Islam is more visible than ever before. So are we gonna throw a strop, burn an effigy, react with hatred, shout and scream every time anyone criticises or insults Islam? Well it seems to be the way a lot of Muslims have reacted, from Rushdie’s Satanic Verses to the Danish cartoons furore up until now.
The next time anyone insults the Prophet or his teachings then before you start a riot and react fanatically just ask yourself a simple question:
When the Prophet himself was insulted, attacked, abused and mocked how did he react?
Well let’s find out shall we…
When the Prophet had just started preaching the call of Islam he went to Ta’if, a lush town just south-east of Makkah. He was hoping that perhaps the people of this nice city would be receptive to his message, which had been rejected by most of the people of Makkah for more than a decade.
However, the people of Ta’if proved to be just as cruel and intolerant as his own people. Not only did they scorn his message of worshipping Allah alone, but they even turned their youth against him who hurled insults and even stones and garbage at him as he sadly left the city. In the face of continued disappointment, the Archangel Gabriel came to Prophet Muhammad and said,
“God Almighty has heard the sayings and accusations of your people and He, the Almighty, has commanded the angel of the mountains to obey any order from you against them.”
The angel of the mountains called out to Prophet Muhammad and said,
“If you wish, I will crush the town of Ta’if between the surrounding mountains.”
Bleeding from head to toe, battered and exhausted, the Prophet was faced with a choice; should he or should he not seek to destroy the people who had just humiliated him by having their children chase him out of town while throwing stones at him? And for what crime? All he had wanted to do was convey the message of the One God to His creation and seek benefit his own people.
எனக்கு ஆண்மைக் குறைவு இல்லை என்பதால் அதுபற்றிச் சிந்திக்கவில்லை.
ஆங்கிலத்தில் உரையாட நான் என்ன செய்ய வேண்டும்? – செல்வா
புதர்ச் செடிகளில் இருந்து எடுக்கப்படும் ஒரு வகை பிசினான ‘மைர்’ஹ்’ இருதய ஆரோக்கியத்திற்கு உகந்தது என ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் கண்டுபிடித்துள்ளனர்.
