69 million page views

Should we have spared the Nazis' feelings as well?

Reader comment on item: Post-Mortem on the Muhammad Protests

Submitted by lindamarion (United States), Oct 2, 2012 at 19:06

Pipes appears to be making the point that since Muslims are sincerely, nay, truly/madly/deeply sensitive to any criticism, let alone "insult", directed at the founder of their religion, who in their eyes has acquired a "saint-like quality".

Mr. Pipes, it is a matter of historical fact that the "prophet" Mohammed -- assuming he ever really existed, a claim open to challenge -- became a murdering and tyrannical warlord who increased his power through pillage and theft, preached hatred and conquest of "unbelievers", and who not only married a 9-year-old child but engaged in certain sexual behaviors with her from the age of 6. This is attested to in Islam's own "holy" writings. The groveling neurotic adoration of this repellent individual by Muslims is testimony to their own irrationality and makes no claim whatsoever upon the nature of our evaluation of his character or of their reaction to perceived "insults" to it, which includes increasingly strident calls for curtailment of our freedom of speech.

Mr. Pipes, as I'm sure you are aware, the true believer Nazis in 1930s Germany felt much the same about Adolph Hitler, their Fuhrer. Should those who understood his genocidal nature have refrained from "insulting" him to spare their feelings? The Fuhrer became the center of these deluded people's lives, and the result of that obsession is history. Are we to give Muslims a pass because they use the word "prophet" instead?

Submitting....

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".

Submit a comment on this item

Reader comments (50) on this item

Title Commenter Date Thread
5The New York Times and the truth [393 words]dhimmi no moreOct 16, 2012 14:30199859
5The New York Times and the truth the Muhammad and Khadija scene revisited [273 words]dhimmi no moreOct 17, 2012 09:41199859
Muslims pick up the bait [57 words]slayhyOct 9, 2012 13:10199640
11Slayhy should stop pointing fingers at others [57 words]PrashantOct 10, 2012 00:02199640
9Islam and its followers are the real victims of the biggest lie in mankind history [112 words]dhimmi no moreOct 16, 2012 14:35199640
2Showing videos to stir up riots [75 words]SJoshOct 8, 2012 13:34199582
5Islam doesn't fit into the New World Order [154 words]Wallace Edward BrandOct 7, 2012 18:12199562
1Indeed it does [80 words]DEBORAH THE JUDGEOct 17, 2012 08:51199562
6Post mortem [1090 words]Bishop Gabrielle Crofts OCCOct 7, 2012 08:55199547
6Cell will be the tool that will change Islam [113 words]PrashantOct 5, 2012 00:18199503
I hope you're right. [32 words]EthanPOct 6, 2012 16:15199503
5Forcing religion on others [90 words]CiacgOct 3, 2012 20:56199452
3Samuel Huntington "Clash of Civilizations" [18 words]Fred R.Oct 3, 2012 15:22199435
1cartoon on subject of your post-mortem article [1 words]Mark JamesOct 3, 2012 14:17199434
10So, if the video mattered... [603 words]Peter HerzOct 3, 2012 05:41199426
5Islamic anger [170 words]AprilOct 3, 2012 21:51199426
3reciprocity [38 words]danielOct 3, 2012 01:07199422
2Clash of civilization vs. bigotry [31 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Salomon MizrahiOct 2, 2012 22:44199419
The comments I have read mostly point in the direction of a book [11 words]Jon, a Brit in EurolandOct 6, 2012 07:55199419
The other side is not a monolitic society [30 words]realityCheckOct 7, 2012 00:10199419
7Should we have spared the Nazis' feelings as well? [235 words]lindamarionOct 2, 2012 19:06199408
6So much for globalism. [156 words]batya daganOct 2, 2012 18:22199404
15Islam at swords point! [43 words]EthanPOct 2, 2012 18:53199404
4answer to Ethan. [30 words]batya daganOct 2, 2012 20:36199404
7I Completely Agree [193 words]ArnoldOct 2, 2012 21:56199404
4The irony of the Arab Spring [142 words]saraOct 3, 2012 16:46199404
AT ALL COST [75 words]batya daganOct 3, 2012 18:00199404
1Pushed to the limit [39 words]EthanPOct 3, 2012 20:44199404
10Eerily reminiscent of Animal Farm [128 words]saraOct 2, 2012 17:07199402
6the effect of Sharia if not its legal implementation [203 words]Ellyn TaylorOct 2, 2012 16:57199401
ELIMINATE THE DEPENDENCY. [28 words]Teresa R. GraceOct 3, 2012 16:09199401
Free speech or a duty to insult? [98 words]ann farmerOct 2, 2012 16:25199399
7Free speech for all! [57 words]EthanPOct 2, 2012 18:24199399
3It is not the exercise of free speech that stirs the riots; it is the exercise of Sharia [119 words]Ellyn TaylorOct 2, 2012 19:58199399
2Gap in the mindset [123 words]Mad MaxOct 2, 2012 22:08199399
the freedom of freedom (to EthanP) [17 words]ann farmerOct 3, 2012 17:05199399
1free speaker or agent provocateur? (to Mad Max) [73 words]ann farmerOct 3, 2012 17:11199399
1the reality of riot [32 words]ann farmerOct 3, 2012 17:16199399
5No compromise on free speech [78 words]EthanPOct 3, 2012 18:18199399
1Very well said (to EthanP) [18 words]PrashantOct 4, 2012 00:23199399
2I promise to only do what's "right." [130 words]JeffOct 5, 2012 12:31199399
7th October 1571 [91 words]ann farmerOct 7, 2012 15:00199399
So [102 words]AEBOct 2, 2012 15:30199397
Scary effusions [10 words]Jay AbouafOct 2, 2012 15:16199395
4Heating up indeed [177 words]Darwin BarrettOct 2, 2012 13:55199389
7Not so much a minority [64 words]EthanPOct 2, 2012 18:34199389
4Islamist & Western Morality Fundamentally Different [230 words]JM MillerOct 2, 2012 13:44199388
4Not a Saint [62 words]EthanPOct 2, 2012 12:44199386
7Thanks but no thanks [196 words]PrashantOct 2, 2012 00:17199361
Let's call a spade, a spade. [29 words]Wallace Edward BrandOct 7, 2012 18:45199361

Follow Daniel Pipes

Facebook   Twitter   RSS   Join Mailing List

All materials by Daniel Pipes on this site: © 1968-2024 Daniel Pipes. daniel.pipes@gmail.com and @DanielPipes

Support Daniel Pipes' work with a tax-deductible donation to the Middle East Forum.Daniel J. Pipes

(The MEF is a publicly supported, nonprofit organization under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Tax-ID 23-774-9796, approved Apr. 27, 1998.

For more information, view our IRS letter of determination.)