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17 September 2012
By Khalid Amayreh
"You shall certainly be tried and tested in your
wealth and in your persons, and you shall certainly
hear much abuse from those who received the Scripture
before you (Jews and Christians) , and from the
idolaters but if you persevere patiently, and observe
the commandments of thy Lord, then verily, that will
be an affair of great resolution." V. 186-SuraIII
By now it is still unclear who exactly produced the
despicable and malicious film "the Innocence of
Muslims," which defames and abuses the Prophet of
Islam. The alleged producer has given many pseudonyms
for himself, apparently to elude the public and escape
possible retribution by angry Muslims.
However, by connecting the dots and in light of
information provided so far, it is highly likely that
the author of the disgusting feat is a Coptic
Christian who harbors a pathological hatred of Islam.
Earlier reports suggested that the hate-filled bastard
was an Israeli Jew by the name of Same Baceil, but
these reports have been discounted.
The author of the film seems to have received
assistance and encouragement from some evangelical and
Zionist circles, probably including Terry Johns, the
Nazi-like Evangelical preacher who had threatened to
burn the Quran, as if doing so would remove the Holy
Book from the hearts and minds of hundreds of millions
of Muslims around the world.
Other possible accomplices are Daniel Pipes, another
notorious hater of Islam, and David Horowitz, an
Israeli basher of Islam who spreads his anti-Muslim
venom on American campuses. Both Pipes and Horowitz
reportedly provided assistance to Geert Wilders, the
extreme Dutch politician who has been disseminating
his hateful anti-Islam propaganda throughout Europe.
The producer of the rubbish film was quoted as saying
that his goal behind the film was to provoke and hurt
Muslim feelings. If so, he seems to have succeeded to
a large extent in realizing his goal.
Millions of Muslims, especially those who watched the
preview of the promiscuous film, have been grieved,
seeing the holiest and most saintly man ever to walk
on earth, portrayed in such a bad light, to put it
extremely mildly.
In several Muslim countries, angry Muslims have
protested the sacrilegious feat. In Cairo, thousands
surrounded the U.S. embassy, demanding the U.S.
authorities to take action against those who abuse the
religious symbols of Islam. Hundreds were reportedly
injured from tear gas inhalation and flying stones
In Sana, the capital of Yemen, a close ally of the
U.S. in the war against al-Qaida, at least four people
have been killed so far as security forces tried to
disperse protesters outside the American embassy.
In Libya, the American Ambassador and a number of the
embassy staff suffocated to death following the
torching of a nearby building to which the diplomats
were previously withdrawn for their safety.
These are some of the provisional tragic consequences
of the despicable act which infuriated Muslims around
the world.
It is probably useless to express one's sorrow for the
death of these innocent Americans and Yemenis.
However, we should have the moral courage to proclaim
the truth and say what much of the Jewish-controlled
American media wouldn't say, namely that the blood of
these victims is decidedly though vicariously on the
hands of the fanatical criminal or criminals who
concocted that piece of garbage about the Prophet of
Islam who commands the veneration of over 1.6 billion
human beings.
Some people might sharply disagree with me by arguing
that nothing, absolutely nothing, justifies the
killing of an innocent human being, especially when
the victim or victims have personally nothing to do
with the original provocation.
This is perfectly true and valid. However, things are
not as simple as that. In the final analysis, it
should have been known that vilifying and ridiculing
the Prophet of Islam would provoke Muslims and lead to
tragic consequences.
In other words, the killing of the American diplomats
was almost inevitable, regardless of it being wrong
and unjust. The American government and its various
intelligence arms should have foreseen these
developments before it was too late. Failing to
anticipate these tragic reactions is an intelligence
fiasco.
More to the point, enhanced security at US embassies
throughout the Muslim world may help provide some
security for the foreseeable future. However, it
should be clearly understood by the wise men in
Washington that a determined fanatic who feels deeply
offended and hurt by this virulent act of blasphemy
against the Prophet of God could elude all security
precautions around American diplomatic missions.
Muslims wouldn't flinch from sacrificing their own
souls in defense of their Prophet.
As Americans have their own idiots and fanatics, we,
too, have our idiots and fanatics. And as Americans
are utterly unable, probably unwilling as well, to
stop their idiots, we, too, are even less able to rein
in ours.
Yes, we understand the First Amendment and all of this
stuff. But you must also understand that the Prophet
is a million times more sacred than the American
constitution.
You may argue that Freedom of speech and Expression is
sacred in your country. Well, likewise, you ought to
understand that for us Muslims the sanctity of our
Quran and our Prophet is absolutely more paramount
than the views and opinions of the founding fathers of
the American constitution.
Now a word to Muslims. It is perfectly legitimate to
be angry and furious about what happened. After all,
Muhammed is the final and greatest messenger of God to
humanity. And any Muslim that reacts with indifference
to the sleazy film must check his faith.
However, our reactions must never exceed the bounds of
what is acceptable from the Islamic perspective. We
must not hurt innocent people under any circumstances;
we must not target churches or institutions belonging
to Christians.
Doing so would achieve the morbid goal of the author
of that piece of hatred.
Similarly, we must not hold all Christians responsible
for the disgusting behavior of one idiot who claims to
be a follower of Jesus Christ. After all, there are
thousands of sincere Christians who have voiced their
indignation and outrage at this outrageous act. We
salute these courageous Christians for their
solidarity and decency. They are our natural partners
in the long and difficult battle for inter-religious
fraternity and universal brotherhood.
Khalid Amayreh is an American-educated journalist
living in the southern West Bank town of Dura near
Hebron. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma
in Norman in 1981. He also, received a Master degree
in Journalism from the University of Southern Illinois
at Carbondale in 1983. |
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