Thursday, March 23, 2006
The highest authority in Sunni Islam bans depictions of Jesus
Here's a tough one for the tolerance fetishists: the alleged highest authority in Sunni Islam has issued a fatwa banning the depiction of any prophet of Islam, including Jesus. It will be interesting to see whether the Muslims of Europe react to this. The Louvre might actually become a dangerous place.
Yes, it may well be that this is all about oppressing the Copts, and does not portend another attempt by Islamic activists to demand that Western societies modify core principles to accomodate Islam. But Islam is waging a long, expansionist struggle on the basis of politicized theology. Do not be surprised if this fatwa resurfaces in some way that is extremely invasive of our most cherished principles.
CWCID: Gateway Pundit, who has more.
Yes, it may well be that this is all about oppressing the Copts, and does not portend another attempt by Islamic activists to demand that Western societies modify core principles to accomodate Islam. But Islam is waging a long, expansionist struggle on the basis of politicized theology. Do not be surprised if this fatwa resurfaces in some way that is extremely invasive of our most cherished principles.
CWCID: Gateway Pundit, who has more.
1 Comments:
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Pax Federatica, at
Thu Mar 23, 05:34:00 PM:
Ah, but isn't there a long-running dispute over what Jesus actually looked like? This could be a loophole of sorts in this fatwa. "Jesus? Don't be silly; everyone knows Jesus had a darker complextion than the guy in this painting. This is... my maternal great-great-grand-uncle Fred! Yeah, that's the ticket!"
