A protest for a genuine reason is going on and probably the Muslim world will not rest until the Danish government officially apologise and assure that such an act of blasphemy would not be repeated. The governments and international communities should press the Danish government to formally apologise without further loss of time in the interest of local, regional and international peace.

Recently a debate is going on about the cartoon of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). We see people giving their opinions and calling seminars to talk about this ongoing matter. Some people are burning the flags to express their resentment.

And obviously it's a matter of being angry, outraged and irritated.

We know it's blasphemous to abuse religious personalities, religious books, and certain religious ideologies. We Muslims usually don't say anything offensive against the prophets, as we know every messenger who has been sent by Allah should be treated equally by us and should have the same respect. If anyone says anything or does anything reprehensible it is the result of his ignorance about religion (the number of these kind of Muslims are very few).

The concerned Muslims know very well the consequences of making fun of religious beliefs ; they know they'll have to suffer on the judgement day for it, so they refrain from doing anything like that. And some non-Muslims are taking advantage of it. They are adding fuel to the fire, cause they know well that Muslims all over the world are outraged after the Iraq war, and this the chance. So here the Muslims should play intelligently.

If any non-Muslim gives identity of his racist perception and says its "freedom of speech", then it's the matter of his own idiocy and sentiment. In such cases I don't think Muslims should burst into resentment immediately. Moreover, if that person is a minor then first of all before breaking the world on him, we should think deeply with cool brain what the Prophet (pbuh) himself would have done under such circumstances.

Our Prophet (pbuh) was an intelligent and extremely patient kind of man with an attractive persona. He had such a cool and mesmerizing personality that people who were hostile towards him were amazed by his friendly attitude and benevolent behaviour and became Muslims. And forgiveness and patience were some of the best virtues of him that we should learn from him. Another thing that we can learn from him is controlling temper.

People who don't believe that the Prophet (pbuh) was chosen as a messenger by God, and who don't have a clear perception of Islam, may say lot of things. It does not matter.

It has been happening from the very beginning. And it's also true that we can't disagree that religion is a nice topic for debating (unless there is no risk of sudden outburst) and Islam always allows all kinds of discussion and debates on religious topics. Hence in the name of " free speech and democracy" offending religions and prophets is reprehensible and it must be stopped.

Cantara Wali Ruhi, DU