I am not a cartoonist but I have this amazing sketch app on my phone; had a good seat in the train today and the disposition of a raging bull. The result was the Joker’s take on the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in France. “Why so Serious?”- Islam was targeted by Charlie’s satirical cartoonists as much as any other religion; equally made to endure its time on the laughter pulpit. Rewarding anti-religious actions with violence is merely a mockery of your own faith and its tenets. In Islam, Prophet Mohammed was a man, not God, and the Muslims fear that portraying him would convey a wrong message and even offend God because Idol worship is wrong, far worse if the idol is but man-flesh and blood. Was this a good enough reason to storm the gates and take lives?
Now the world stands together, mouthing ‘Je Suis Charlie’ and they are not afraid. We are slowly moving into an impending Religious War and it might just be - Charlie vs Islamic Extremists. I bet the Joker has not seen insanity yet!
My Bluntkut: Religion was made for the good of mankind but if it fails to serve the purpose it was created for then reverence is a farce and prayers, blasphemy!
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