Offensive

Hopefully, after the Charlie Hebdo tragedy many French Muslims expressed their pain for such monstrosity and showed their support for the victims. Of course I don't think that normal Muslims have to ask for forgiveness or anything of the sort, as obviously they are not responsible for what some bastards do in the name of a distorted vision of their religion, but honestly I think it's fundamental that moderate Muslims make it clear that they don't support this madness and are totally against it. I am vegetarian, and if a gang of "radical vegetarians" put a bomb in a MCDonalds killing people of course I would not ask for pardon to anyone, but I would try to make it clear that I'm against such act.

However, other Muslims rejected to attend to the demonstrations, or for example rejected to wear the "Je suis Charlie" logo that all the rest of their football team players were wearing (e.g. 2 Montpellier players and I think also 1 TFC player). They would say that they were not Charlie because Charlie was offensive to Islam. I think any Muslim (or Christian or whatever, remember that the Pope basically justified the killings) that thinks like that is full of shit and is a fundamentalist (and if it were in my power would be expelled of this country to prevent him from spreading his sickness).

Why do I consider that being offended by a funny caricature of the Prophet makes them fundamentalists? Basically because they expect that non Muslims observe a Muslim rule, so they are trying to impose their religion. It's as if they wanted that non Muslims had to observe Ramadan. I understand that based on the Islamic beliefs if a Muslim were drawing the Prophet he would be committing an offence, but for a non Muslim the normal social rules of what is offensive and what is not must be applied, and under normal rules drawings like these below are not offensive.

I think Charlie Hebdo is incredibly respectful of Islam. First, because they have always established a clear distinction between moderate Muslims and Fanatic ones, and have confronted Fundamentalism. These are the best actions that one can conduct to fight Islamophobia, try to show the world that normal Muslims are not like that. Any moderate Muslim should appreciate this stand, cause they are fighting the Monsters that moderate Muslims should fight. Second, because Charlie Hebdo is very good at being offensive :-D so if they wanted to be offensive to Islam they would have published very different drawings... For example, their caricatures of Marine Le Pen are hilarious and excellent, but I admit that they are deeply offensive and even when I absolutely support them, I would understand it if they were sued for them. This week's front page makes a pretty good and beautiful example of what I say: