It's time we stopped making excuses for the Muslims

Its time we stopped making excuses for the Muslims. It’s time they got their house in order. It’s the 21^st , century the world is diverse and every now and then, people will do or say a thing or two that will not sit pretty with you. That is not a license to go kill and destroy property.

Religion is claimed to be a civilizing influence on the world. Stop being so go damn sensitive about it then. (And goddamn here is used with all pun intended).

There is unrest all round the Muslim world right now. Supposedly as a result of a low budget 16 minute film produced by a Coptic Christian in the United States. The most sensible thing to do if the consequence of this according to those offended is death, would have been to pack a few suicide bombers or snipers and hunt the blasphemous creators of the film. Instead what did they do? Bomb consulates and embassies and kill innocent people probably before they even got the chance to watch the damn said movie. If an opinion goes against your belief then the opinion must be killed?

For the sake of fairness I have tried hard to understand the reason for the unrest. The film, depicts Prophet Mohammed and according to Islam, portraying the prophet or depicting him leads to worshipping him, a man, instead of Allah. The prophet apparently, believed that if people saw or identified with his face, they would start worshipping him.

The film did not only depict the prophet but also drew him out as a womanizer, killer and child molester. Honestly it’s quite offending.

 But so what it offended the Muslims? So what it does not resonate with their religious fairy tale? The creators of the film had every right to make the film.

Jaguar, he of kigeugeu fame, offends the living day lights out of me. His beats are dull, his lyrics too pedestrian and most of his songs sound the same. It does not help that his songs are played on full blast everywhere I go. I am 100% certain that you reading this have a dozen things you can name off the top of your head right now that offend you.  However, civility and maturity dictate that we stomach these things. You do not go on a child-like rant every time some one, and they are bound to, does something that offends you.

The destructive nature of religion is evident in the absurd numbers that show up to these protests and hypocritically attack people and destroy property. True it’s not all Muslims doing it or believes in it but they must take responsibility for it. It is their set of beliefs that is used to fuel the actions regardless of the underlying motive. Those protesting in the Muslim world and those who burnt churches in Mombasa need to develop emotional maturity.

I do not argue with the Islam belief that Mohammed cannot be portrayed in any way. That is fine. Do not portray him. However, this does not give Muslims the authority to force the entire world –Muslim and non Muslim – to live by their rules. There will always be someone somewhere who refuses to live by their doctrines and bombing consulates and killing innocents will not force them to do so. People need to grow up and stop being infantilized by religion

By the time an angry mob has formed, a mature response is already out of the question. A certain Midwest rail on the internet says Arguing with a religious person is akin to playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how much skilled you are at chess, the pigeon will roam aimlessly across the playing surface, shit on the board, knock over the pieces, then strut around declaring victory.

Political Correctness and liberalism in these cases where human lives are lost does not work.  Of course a lot of Muslims are also upset by what their brothers are doing. I again borrow from a certain PsiCop on the internet that all these mainstream Muslims are doing is distancing themselves from others who make their religion look bad. However, that ship has sailed, their religion already looks bad. Distancing yourself from it won’t make it look any better.

The religion as a whole needs to be altered and in a fundamental way. Islam should be reformed in such a way as to eliminate the infantilizing element of the faith.

But for now we shall continue to censor ourselves and tip toe around Islam insecurities, afraid of offending them should they deiced to kill all of us. People can and should control their emotions. We can’t afford to just assume that they’ll never be able to. If we keep making excuses for their bad behavior, it’ll continue forever and the human race will die out.

If we were all to reason the same then perhaps I should start killing Jaguar and all his fans. But I shall not. Because I am emotionally mature. I simply keep away from the radio that is likely to play his songs. Likewise, Muslims who are likely to be offended by opposing opinions, and by Allah, they are a lot of them, should stay off the internet!

(Some thoughts are borrowed from an article “Ambassador’s killing shines light on Muslim sensitivities around Prophet Mohammed” by Dan Gilgoff and Eric Marrapodi and the comments on it)