Psychobiography of muhammad cartoons

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Psychobiography of muhammad cartoons

Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Islam is Muhammadanism. Only by understanding him can one know what makes them tick. Historians tell us that Muhammad used to withdraw to a cave, spending days wrapped in his thoughts. He heard bells ringing and had ghostly visions. He thought he had become demon possessed, but his wife reassured him that he had become a prophet.

Convinced of his status, he was intolerant of those who rejected him, assassinated those who criticized him, raided, looted, and massacred entire populations. He reduced thousands to slavery, raped, and allowed his men to rape female captives. All of this, he did with a clear conscience and a sense of entitlement. He was magnanimous to those who admired him, but vengeful to those who did not.

Muhammad was no ordinary man. He was a psychopathic narcissist. Understanding Muhammad, ventures beyond the stories. Muhammad believed in his own cause. He was so certain of the reality of his hallucinations that he expected everyone to believe in them too. Do you then dispute with him [Muhammad] as to what he saw? Why should others believe in what he saw?

Only a psychopathic narcissist expects others to believe in his claims without asking for evidence. Muhammad was an orphan. Spurned by his mother in his infancy and left in the care of a Bedouin couple, he had a loveless childhood. He then passed to the care of his grandfather and uncle who took pity on him and spoiled him. Not receiving love at a time he needed unconditional love and not receiving discipline when he needed to learn about boundaries, he developed narcissistic personality disorder, a trait that made him a megalomaniac bereft of conscience.

He fantasized about unlimited power, expected praise and admiration, believed he was special, and expected others to believe him and go along with his ideas and plans. Nearly 80 percent of the individuals included in a thirteen-country public-opinion survey conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Project in had heard about the cartoons, a number that rose to 90 percent in Jordan and Egypt and in the four European countries surveyed.

The survey also showed an overwhelming inclination to attribute fault to the other side. Muslims thought that Western arrogance was at fault; non-Muslim Westerners thought that Muslims were at fault. As evidence, they noted that Muslims have engaged in pictorial representation of the Prophet in paintings, posters, and other images and that Christians and nonreligious people cannot be expected to observe norms that.

This study looks at the extensive coverage of the Danish cartoon controversy on the web pages of the two leading Arabic satellite TV stations, al-Arabiya and al-Jazeera, to examine the reemerging thesis of "clash of civilizations" and rising anti Americanism on Arabic media. The analysis identifies "transgression" as an overarching frame, but finds less support for a dominant "clash of civilizations" frame in Arab media.

The media coverage appears to "legitimize" Muslims' reactions to the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons, without abetting the "clash" thesis as some have proposed. When the culture editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, Flemming Rose, commissioned the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which were printed on 30 Septemberhe did not imagine in his 'wildest dreams', as he wrote later, that the publication would eventually lead to the worst foreign policy crisis in Denmark since the Second World War Rose The images were presented in the paper within a frame of concern for free speech, misguided respect for religious feelings, a rising tendency towards self-censorship-and accompanied with the later infamous expression about secular democracy involving citizens being able to stand 'scorn, mockery and contempt'.

The full quote runs like this: The modern secular society is dismissed by some Muslims. They demand special treatment when they insist on special consideration of their religious feelings. This is incompatible with secular democracy and freedom of speech, where one should be ready to stand scorn, mockery and ridicule. This is certainly not always very psychobiography of muhammad cartoons or nice to look at, but this is irrelevant in the context.

Jyllands-Posten, While a great deal of ink was spilled, in Denmark and elsewhere, in disputes about motives and rationale see Meer and Mouritsen, this issuenone of this could possibly have anticipated the consequences. The publication of the 12 Muhammad cartoons triggered a minor global crisis. Insults against Islam have long been going on, Muslims have received insults from various quarters since the Prophet Muhammad pbuh developed Islamic religion.

This situation has dragged on until now and will continue to drag on. Thus, the controversy over the issue of insulting Islam through cartoons or caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad pbuh in through a Danish newspaper is not a new issue. Previously and until now various cartoons painted insulting Islam were spread in many other mass media.

Using an analytical descriptive approach, this paper will review the controversy sparked by the production of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad painted by Kurt Westergaard, a Danish cartoonist at the Jyllands-Posten newspaper. There are two different perspectives in looking at this controversy, the first perspective is the absence of moral elements in ethics that exclude religious sensitivity, the second perspective is also the right to freedom of speech in communication ethics which is based on the ideology of Liberalism.

But the motive or purpose for which the cartoons were produced must be hidden the implied agenda that has been devised by the enemies of Islam, especially in the West, given their prejudiced attitude towards the teachings and adherents of Islam who are considered their enemies. Liberalism is a trick to justify the means, the clear agenda of which is to instil sentiments of hatred and universal hostility towards Islam.

Thus various ways were created to convey intent and objectives. Freedom of expression is a cornerstone in a liberal democracy. It enables open debates and exchange of ideas. The right was, however, challenged during the Muhammad cartoons controversy. The controversy raised questions of the boundaries of the freedom of expression. It illuminated a cultural collision between the right of free expression and the idea of blasphemy.

Cartoons of the prophet Muhammad published in a newspaper in Denmark sparked outrage Muslims worldwide. A fundamental right in liberal democracies was seen as "offensive" by Muslims. Three arguments were provided to support the publication of the cartoons. Firstly, they were a response to self-censorship. All religious figures were mocked; Islam was no exception.

No individuals or groups should threaten psychobiography of muhammad cartoons to stay away from expressing themselves. Secondly, there were many Muslims who lived in societies, in which the freedom of speech was more important than blasphemy. They had to live with the fact that their prophets were subjected to mockery.

The publication could serve as a means of integrating the Muslims. Thirdly, they were used to address violence in the name of islam. All the arguments differed with respect to the motive, but were united by the need of criticizing and scrutinizing islam. Three counterarguments were provided. Firstly, the cartoons were blasphemous and disregarded religious sensitivities.

Secondly, they they did not take into account the consequences they produced. Thirdly, they promoted cultural racism. Muslims were in particular targeted. I also draw upon the ICCPR to assess whether there were grounds to limit the freedom of expression in light of the Muhammad controversy. Although the right to free expression was endorsed by article 19, it also carried with it duties and responsibilities.

Reputation, national security and public order seemed relevant for the case. All in all, the Muhammad case proves that the freedom of expression was and still is under pressure in Denmark. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, Islam na territorii byvshei Rossiiskoi imperii, Biomedical Journal of Scientific and Technical Research, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google.

Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. The Danish Muhammad cartoon conflict Peter Hervik. Tales of transgression or clashing paradigms: the Danish cartoon controversy and Arab media Aziz Douai. Historians tell us Muhammad used to withdraw to a cave, spending days wrapped in his thoughts.

He heard bells ringing and had ghostly visions. He thought he was demon possessed, until his psychobiography of muhammad cartoons reassured him he had become a prophet. Convinced of his status, he was intolerant of those who rejected him, assassinated those who criticized him, raided, looted, and massacred entire populations. He reduced thousands to slavery, raped, and allowed his men to rape female captives.

All of this, he did with a clear conscience and a sense of entitlement. He was magnanimous toward those who admired him, but vengeful toward those who did not. Muhammad was no ordinary man. He was a narcissist. Understanding Muhammad, ventures beyond the stories. Focusing on the "why" rather than the "what," it unravels the mystique of one of the most enigmatic and influential men in history.

Loading interface About the author. Ali Sina 10 books 14 followers. Write a Review. Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book! Community Reviews. Search review text. Displaying 1 - 25 of 25 reviews. This is a must read for all muslims and non muslims as it helps to understand muslims and their behavior. This is one book that you can't miss at all.

It is a gem. From Muhammad's birth,his childhood,his many marriages,revelations,battles and till his death it explains each event with various references. It also explains what is wrong with Islamic world and why. For example it tells about Adult breast suckling over which a fatwa was issued by Dr. Izzat Atiya of Egypt's al-Azhar University. Such practice would be obnoxious and unacceptable in civilzed world but years ago it was prescribed by prophet himself.

Muslims tell about good things of Islam but hide such shameful practices found in Hadith. This book has many such things in it that Muslims don't want you to know. Really a bold and daring Masterpiece! I bought this book because after reading the Qur'an, I decided Muhammad was a narcissistic, vindictive, horny old man, not a holy prophet.

The whole appeal behind Islam seemed to be "if you join us, then we promise not to attack you, steal your stuff, and rape your women. But you have to help us do that to people who are NOT part of Islam, and we will share around the spoils and the plunder. I wanted to learn more about a guy who could come up with this plan, wantonly murder and plunder, have as many wives as he wanted, and get all kinds of people to follow him for millenia.

Unfortunately, this book lost all credibility after the first 10 grammar mistakes, and sentence fragments. I understand the author is probably not a native speaker. The writing style is disorganized. Paragraphs consist of a bunch of sentences thrown together willy-nilly. The "present some facts then ask a question then write as though the answer is obvious" writing style just does not do it for me.

Author 2 books. Now this relatively unknown figure within academic circles — apart from becoming the self-appointed hero for the cause of Islamophobia, bigotry and the new emerging school of lay-people and pseudo-scholars — has moved beyond the world that he is more accustomed with on the internet. It is simply bad history and even worse psychology by a man who can claim to be neither a historian nor a psychologist.

The reason why Ali Sina views the Prophet Muhammd SAWS in such light is simply a case of trying to find a demon through the nitpicking of isolated incidents. Indeed, if one were to play with such rhetoric, one could find justification for the Holocaust, even within the New Testament as Hitler did. Yash Holkar. I well written book. Where the Author has explained the lies of islam and muhammad.

A book that proves why islam is threat to Humanity.