How should we respond to blasphemy?
[Hassan Ilyas] You may know that an issue is again being faced by Muslims today.
The sentiments of Muslims have been severely hurt.
Within France, the practice of sketching the Prophet (PBUH) has resurfaced.
Some Muslims even reacted, there were also some deaths.
But this scenario now seems to be forming, that the secular nations,
Looks like they
Things which we are very sensitive about,
This sensitivity cannot be communicated to them,
they do not consider it as a serious matter.
On these occasions do you feel, that the Muslim nations should have some role.
They should raise the global conscience and put pressure on them
that, this is a very important matter for us, which they seem to be disregarding.
[Javed Ahmed Ghamidi] To me, it is more important that,
that, in the matter of the status and personality of Prophet Mohammad (Pbuh),
In the matter of religion, and that of the Holy Qur'an
If any such issue comes up,
the reasons behind these should be considered.
That is, an attempt should be made to determine whether a person
is suffering from a mental disorder.
If he is making a cartoon or making fun Or making it a target of mockery,
what is wrong with him?
In the Holy Quran, we see that,
Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh), his personality, his companions and his invitations
were made the target of mockery and jokes, in a similar manner
It has been mentioned in multiple places in the Quran
That they were mocked in this way and joked at in that way, all of this happened
So this is nothing new.
Here it should be seen that what is the reason behind this act
So it is more important to try to find out the truth behind it.
That is, of Islam, of religion, of Quran, of Prophet (Pbuh)'s character,
which has brought a man to this level that he is willing to attack people?
When you state your points with politeness,
I believe the whole world will be sympathetic to you.
But when you get up and set out to kill,
you create a ruckus, or you try to disrupt peace
So after that, the nations do not think from that point of view,
Because they are not sensitive to that issue
They see what kind of community this is, holding guns at every such opportunity.
And because they do not share the same sensitivity in this matter
And that is why they start saying wrong things too
In this, the best route that Muslims should take up is
that they have to take care of this everywhere. You may remember that,
when this happened in Norway and people there reacted angrily, even then I said,
That I wish Muslims would recite the Quran to people in every market square!
And introduce people to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)'s personality
So if this polite reaction comes to the fore,
then it will act as a good invitation to the deen.
And this is exactly what the Holy Qur'an has taught
That is when people of the Quraish tribe or people of the book took to this method,
so these same measures we adopted.
They were made aware of the truth. They were reminded of their mistakes.
They were told how wrong their actions were.
If a person exhibits impolite attitude,
and if in response, we also adopt an impolite attitude,
then ordinary people do not easily agree to differentiate between the two attitudes
[Hassan] Mr. Ghamidi, we see that the people who usually make cartoons
Such unfortunate and miserable people that they are
But the aspects they want to display are Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)'s personal life,
his character, especially his marriages
I will briefly ask two questions
First that they did not present any argument
If they had doubts, they could choose to write books,
so we could have replied to them.
They have stooped to misbehaving. So, on such an occasion
our statement made with the power of arguments,
what force will it have, when they have spread the doubts in the society?
[Ghamidi] It will reach the people, I mean it will reach those people
who are in the millions.
And then they will have to deal with the just reaction of their own people.
Then people around them will bring their attention to
"How impolite you were, what misbehavior you displayed.
And in comparison to you, how the Muslim scholars are putting out their opinions."
I had heard this in my childhood, this verse by Hafeez
'Peace to one who sent prayers even after being abused.'
When you see a man come down to this kind of indecency,
and you with all your tolerance,
In religion's understanding, consolidation and explanation
Restrict yourself to speaking in the language of reasoning
So it has an effect on that man as well It might not be immediate
But later he would also think, how indecent he had been.
And later, with what patience did they respond.
Our notion is this, that of demonstrations and protests,
or by taking similar steps,
we can quiet down the issue, but this will not happen, it will keep on spreading.
If, as against this, you use the method of argumentation,
If we state our position with civility and politeness,
to direct the attention to the rudeness of others, we will do it in such a way,
that even people around him will tell rebuke his for his lowly speech,
And with what high morals, they are addressing you!
So that's the way that is needed at this moment.
Now what remains is, if you have the power of the world, if you are a superpower
then you can call it an act of war and declare war!
And if you are not capable of it,
then what is it? I consider it, my insult to have any expectation from these people?
That I demonstrate or protest, what is this?
Either I shall give arguments, or if I have the power, I shall set things right.
There are two possible ways.
So right now Muslims are not in this position.
That is, can you attack France right now?
Are you in such a position?
You can't even talk about your neighbours!
You can't even do anything within your country!
So that is why the method Allah taught us in the Prophet's Meccan Life is correct.
Have patience and present your points with arguments.
Prove the mistakes of others, acquire the method of understanding and logic.
By the method of understanding and logic, people open up.
They get ready to listen to you.
A great population of the people around stands up against such person or people.
This is a way that carves a path within the hearts.
And brings greatness and glory to a nation.
If you do not have the power you have only one way of success, i.e. your moral being.
If you lower your moral existence, people will not see what crimes others have done.
They will scrutinize you!