How should Muslims Respond to Blasphemy? | Dr. Shabir Ally

A couple of weeks ago, a #French teacher showed Charlie Hebdo cartoons mocking the #Prophet #Muhammad to his students as part of a lesson on freedom of expression. A few days later, he was killed. A viewer asked, “Why are Muslims so obsessed with blasphemy of their Prophet to the extreme that they can be instantly radicalized and moved to violence and bloodshed?” Dr. Shabir Ally and Dr. Safiyyah Ally discuss how Western liberal democracies don’t prioritize laws against #blasphemy. Dr. Shabir explains that classical interpretations of Islam make it a crime to criticize religion, but this is contrary to the way blasphemy is treated in the #Quran, where the #blasphemer has the freedom to blaspheme. The Quran doesn’t say that the blasphemer should be penalized in this life. Instead, the Quran repeats the insults and engages with them and correcting them. The violent person, Dr. Shabir explains, misrepresents the Prophet Muhammad and Islam.


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