The latest Jesus and Mo cartoon, called “sky,” came with the caption, “Important court case today.” It’s this, from the National Secular Society:
The prosecution of a man on trial tomorrow for burning a Quran could edge the UK “dangerously close to a prohibition on blasphemy”, the National Secular Society has warned.
Hamit Coskun will stand trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for protesting against Islamism outside the Turkish Consulate in February. He set fire to a Quran as part of the protest, which led to a man attacking him with a knife.
Coskun was subsequently charged with intent to cause “harassment, alarm or distress” against “the religious institution of Islam”.
And the cartoon reflects the case:
Badump-ching!
A common response to this argument is that people do indeed recognize the inherent and undeniable truth and beauty of the Koran (or Bible), but petulantly refuse to acknowledge that because they’re bad people who want to sin.
This sometimes goes hand in hand with the idea that we’re all born not only knowing Allah, but knowing Islam. Some run away in rebellion. People therefore don’t “convert” to Islam – they “return” to it.
So true.
“…read the Koran it and…”
Is the “it” a mistake, or is an abbreviation for something?
Good one! LOL