“Muhammad Cartoon” Artist Kurt Westergaard Dead at 86

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Kurt Westergaard, famous for his “Muhammad Cartoon” for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, is now dead at 86.

For the New York Times article quoted in this video (“Kurt Westergaard, 86, Dies; His Muhammad Cartoon Sparked Outrage”), click here: Kurt Westergaard, 86, Dies; His Muhammad Cartoon Sparked Outrage - The New York Times

#KurtWestergaard #FreeSpeech #MuhammadCartoons

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That’s what happens when you align a false prophet equal with God. Blasphemy for picture of Mohammed. Scripture says: “Thou shall not depict anything as God for noone has seen God.” Therefore no picture for Mohammed! Like seriously? So sick!

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R.I.P SIR

#4

You all gonna see everything in afterlife…:+1: … goodluck…

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Kurt Westergaard (PBUH!), Rest in peace

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the love and the mercy of ALLAH and prophet mohamad (part 2):
One of the teachings of love from Prophet Muhammad s.a.w is for us to love one another. The Prophet s.a.w taught us that what we love for ourselves should also be what we love for others. In a hadith, Rasulullah s.a.w. reminded us of this golden rule,
لَا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ
“None of you has faith until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself”.
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
The Syrian scholar Sheikh Mustafa Bugha commented on this hadith in his book Al-Wafi Fi Sharhil Arba’een An-Nawawiyyah, it is mentioned that ‘brother’ here is not limited to just fellow believers, but can be extended to all of humanity as well, commonly refered to as Al-Ukhuwwah Al-Insaniyah (brotherhood in humanity). Hence, we must ensure that what we like for ourselves, we also do it for others. What we do not like for ourselves, we do not do it to others. The Prophet s.a.w emphasised that we should be good neighbours. He told us that, as believers, we should not usurp the rights of our neighbours and do things that may disturb and harm them.
The Prophet s.a.w instructed us to look after one another and love the poor and needy. In a hadith, Rasulullah s.a.w. reminded his wife Aisyah r.a,
يَا عَائِشَةُ أَحِبِّي الْمَسَاكِينَ وَقَرِّبِيهِمْ
“Oh Aisyah, Love the poor and be near them, "
(Sunan At-Tirmizi)
The Prophet s.a.w. taught us that indeed, a society that loves one another and takes care of each other is a society that is strong and cohesive. In a world where there is a proliferation of hate and enmity, as followers of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w, let us re-establish this golden rule as a basis of our relationship with others.
4. Love for Other Creations
Beyond doing good to one another, Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. also showed how we should treat other living creatures with love and mercy. He warned against harming the animals. In a hadith, Rasulullah s.a.w. said,
عُذِّبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ سَجَنَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ فَدَخَلَتْ فِيهَا النَّارَ لَا هِيَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا وَلَا سَقَتْهَا إِذْ حَبَسَتْهَا وَلَا هِيَ تَرَكَتْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ
“A woman was punished because of a cat which she kept locked up until it died, and she entered Hell because of it, because she did not feed it or give it water when she kept it locked up, neither did she let it eat from the vermin of the earth.”
(Muttafaqun 'Alayhi)
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. was always gentle with other creations. Even though we regard some animals as impure, Muslims are expected to respect and handle them with love and mercy. For instance, in dealing with dogs, the Prophet s.a.w. did not teach us to hate them. In fact, the Prophet s.a.w. told us about the merits of feeding dogs
In a hadith, it was shared that,
بَيْنَا رَجُلٌ بِطَرِيقٍ، اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ فَوَجَدَ بِئْرًا فَنَزَلَ فِيهَا فَشَرِبَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَإِذَا كَلْبٌ يَلْهَثُ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرَى مِنَ الْعَطَشِ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ “لَقَدْ بَلَغَ هَذَا الْكَلْبَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ مِثْلُ الَّذِي كَانَ بَلَغَ مِنِّي”، فَنَزَلَ الْبِئْرَ، فَمَلأَ خُفَّهُ مَاءً، فَسَقَى الْكَلْبَ، فَشَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ، فَغَفَرَ لَهُ‏.‏ قَالُوا “يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّ لَنَا فِي الْبَهَائِمِ لأَجْرًا؟” فَقَالَ ‏"‏فِي كُلِّ ذَاتِ كَبِدٍ رَطْبَةٍ أَجْرٌ”
"A man felt very thirsty while he was on the way, he came across a well. He went down the well, quenched his thirst and came out. Meanwhile, he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. He said to himself, “This dog is suffering from thirst as I did.” So, he went down the well again and filled his shoe with water and watered it. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him. The people said, “Oh Rasulullah! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?” He replied: “Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living being).”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. emphasised to us that we have a collective duty towards our environment. Rasulullah s.a.w. encouraged us to plant trees as it would benefit other creations
Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. said,
مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَغْرِسُ غَرْسًا، أَوْ يَزْرَعُ زَرْعًا، فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ طَيْرٌ أَوْ إِنْسَانٌ أَوْ بَهِيمَةٌ، إِلاَّ كَانَ لَهُ بِهِ صَدَقَةٌ
“No Muslim who plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, except that this is regarded as charity.”
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
Today, with the threats of climate change and global warming, there is a need for us to treat our environment with love and respect. We should make efforts to prevent wastage, over-reliance on single-use plastic, and make efforts not to pollute our waters and the air. We need to inculcate our love towards the environment and make efforts to protect it from degradation and destruction.
Read: 5 Things Prophet ﷺ Taught Us About Protecting the Environment
Indeed, we need to bring back the teachings of love and mercy of Rasulullah s.a.w. into our lives. In facing the challenges of today’s post-modern society, we need to spread the values of love and mercy. The amplification of hate today needs to be challenged by radiating love and mercy to humanity. We seek to build bridges with others and not walls. We need to manifest our faith through the prism of love and mercy.
Read: Why Is Love So Important?
May Allah s.w.t place us among those who will be granted the love of Rasulullah s.a.w. and be among those who will spread his enduring love to humanity. May we be among those who spread love and not hate, spread peace and not conflict, spread unity and not division. Amin.
And Allah knows best.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُقَرِّبُ

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the love and the mercy of ALLAH and prophet mohamad:
We submit to Allah s.w.t, our Lord and Creator, who is The Most Loving and The Most Merciful. Our faith is guided by His divine attributes such as Al-Rahim - the Most Merciful and Al-Wadud - the Most Loving, among His other beautiful names.
Read: 99 Divine Names of Allah s.w.t.
As part of His endearing love for His creations, Allah s.w.t. bestowed us with the love of His beloved messenger, Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Allah s.w.t sent us a man from among us who lived with us and showed us the path of attaining eternal love. Prophet Muhammad s.a.w did not only teach us how to love our Creator but also how to love other creations. He is the light that brightens the darkness, the epitome of mercy, the paragon of virtues. In Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 21, Allah s.w.t. mentions,
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَة ٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرا
“Indeed in the Messenger of Allah you have an excellent example for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and (who) remembers Allah often.”
(Surat al-Ahzab, 33:21)
Today, some of those who claim to be his followers have deviated from the path of love and mercy that was shown by Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. There are those who claim to be following the footsteps of Rasulullah s.a.w. but their actions run contrary to the tenderness shown by Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. They commit atrocities in the name of Allah s.w.t The Most Merciful and in the name of His beloved Messenger. They manifest the faith through the prisms of hate and enmity.
This is an erroneous representation and manifestation that we need to challenge. We need to reclaim and rekindle the narrative of love and mercy that our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. taught us. We need to revive the sunnah through expressing tenderness and mercy, in manifesting our faith.
Let us relook at the core teachings and message of love and mercy from Rasulullah s.a.w:
Love Trumps Hate
Rasulullah s.a.w. taught us that we need to be better at confronting hate, rather than stooping to the same level as those who promote hate. We need to have a bigger heart and be better than those who spread negativity. Allah s.w.t tells us in Surah Al-Fussilat,
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ
“Good and evil cannot be equal. Repel that which is evil with that which is better”.
(Surah Fussilat, 41:34)
As the embodiment of the Quranic values, our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. had shown the ideal virtues such as, in many instances, how to rise above hate and enmity. He emphasised that forgiveness is greater than revenge, perseverance is larger than retaliation and love is better than hate.

  1. Forgiveness Over Revenge
    We must have heard many times about the Ta’if incident where the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. chose mercy over retaliation and hope over despair. As part of the Prophetic mission to disseminate His message of submitting to One God, Rasulullah s.a.w. went to Ta’if to call on them to Islam. His message was not only rejected but he was later humiliated by the people of Ta’if. The children were instructed by their elders to throw stones at the Prophet s.a.w. and he was driven out of the city. Rejected and physically hurt, the Prophet s.a.w confided in God. He recited the following supplication,
    اللَّهُمَّ إِلَيكَ أَشكُو ضَعْفَ قُوَّتِي، وَقِلَّةَ حِيلَتِي، وَهَوَانِي عَلَى النَّاسِ،
    يَا أَرحَمُ الرَّاحِمِين، إِلَى مَن تَكِلُنِي، إِلَى عَدُوٍّ يَتَجَهَّمُنِي، أَوْ إِلَى قَرِيبٍ مَلَكتَهُ أَمرِي،
    إِن لَم يَكُن بِكَ عَلَيَّ غَضَب فَلَا أُبَالِي، غَيرَ أَنَّ عَافِيَتَكَ أَوسَعُ لِي،
    أَعُوذُ بِنُورِ وَجْهِكَ الَّذِي أَشْرَقْتَ لَهُ الظُّلُمَات، وَصَلَحَ عَلَيهِ أَمْرُ الدُنيَا وَالآخِرَة،
    أَنْ تُنزِلَ بِي غَضَبَك، أَو يَحِلُّ عَلَيَّ سَخَطَك،
    لَكَ العُتْبَى حَتَى تَرْضَى، وَلَا حَولَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إلَّا بِكَ
    “Oh my Lord, I appeal to you for my weakness in my strength, my lack of support and the treatment of contempt and humiliation from people.
    Oh The Most Compassionate and Merciful!
    To whom do You leave me to? To a distant person who receives me with hostility? Or to a friend you have given control of my affair? As long as you are not displeased with me, then I am in content. I would, however, be much happier with Your protection.
    I seek refuge in the glory of Your light, by which all darkness is dispelled and by which both this life and the life to come are put in their right course, against incurring Your anger or being the subject of Your displeasure.
    To You I submit, until You are pleased. There is no control or power except that which is by You.”
    (Al-Mu’jam Al-Kabir by Imam At-Tabrani)
    An angel was later sent and offered Prophet Muhammad s.a.w if he wished for actions to be taken against those that hurt him. The Prophet s.a.w. responded by saying,
    بَلْ أرْجُو أنْ يُخْرِجَ اللَّهُ مِن أصْلابِهِمْ مَن يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ وحْدَهُ لا يُشْرِكُ به شيئًا
    “I’d rather hope that Allah will raise, from among their descendants, people who will worship Allah the One, and will not ascribe partners to Him.”
    (Muttafaqun 'Alayh)
    He did not respond with rage and retaliation. Instead, he prayed for those who had insulted and hurt him. He rose above hate and enmity. His heart was full of hope and mercy. Today, Ta’if is a beautiful town with its people professing the Islamic faith
    Similarly, in the aftermath of the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet s.a.w. was narrated to have been greatly injured. The Prophet s.a.w. did not become resentful or held grudges with his adversaries. Instead, he prayed that they would be forgiven. This incident was narrated by Imam Muslim in his Sahih (collections of authentic narrations) under the Bab (Sub-topic); The Battle of Uhud. The following narration showed the Prophet’s response by making the supplication:
    رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ
    “Oh Lord, forgive my people for they do not know.”
    (Sahih Muslim)
    Rasulullah s.a.w. also explained that this dua was invoked by the previous messengers and showed that indeed forgiveness is greater than revenge.
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Prophet mohamad doesn’t accept killing innocent people. You are talking about a nine years old girl here….of course terrorizing innocent people is not accepted by our prophet….
If people are justifying their violent acts and that the prophet mohamad pushed him to do so, he is totally wrong, prophet mohamad doesn’t accept killing people or terrorizing them. Prophet mohamad is a merciful being a kind prophet….
The man with the bomb upon his head you said this is prophet mohamad and we do not accept prophet mohamad being humiliated like that

Try to understand our feelings…is your job to humiliate people? And especially a prophet?
Where is your respect for all the muslim nation worldwide? You didn’t think about them…

je ne suis pas Charlie hubdo: I am not Charlie hubdo…I don’t know why do you hate prophet Mohammad like that…what did he do for you? don’t you see he is a great prophet of god? you are humiliating a prophet can’t you see? prophet Mohamad is a great man with high characters… is it freedom of speech to humiliate people like that? where is the freedom when you forbid muslim women from entering to the school with their hijab (head cover)? where is the freedom when you forbid muslim women from working due to their hijab? when we say something wrong about black men you say you are racist when we say something wrong about women you say you are fanatic when your neighbor bothers you with his TV’s voice you bring the police for him. just in case of prophet Mohamad and islam it is a freedom of speech…don’t you know that by this deed of yours you are humiliating billions of muslims worldwide?

prophet Mohamad doesn’t deserve to be humiliated like that…he is the prophet who revealed a message that has no parallel in the whole world. believing in one god all divine books all prophets and all monotheistic religions…see our religion from this great prophet: the quran: and believe in what I have sent down this quran confirming that which is with you (the torah and the gospel) and be not the first to disbelieve therein…say o Mohamad: whoever is an enemy to jibrael let him die in his fury, for indeed he has brought it this quran down to your heart by ALLAH’s permission confirming what came before it the torah and the gospel and guidance and glad tidings for the believers…it is he who has sent down the book the quran to you Mohamad with truth confirming what came before it. and he sent down the torah and the gospel…

and I have come confirming that which was before me of the torah and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you and I have come to you with a proof from your lord…and their footsteps we sent jesus son of mary confirming the torah that had come before him and we gave him the gospel in which was guidance and light and confirmation of the torah that has come before it a guidance and a admonition for the pious…look at how this prophet that you are depicting pushes us to believe: verily! those who believe and those who are jews and Christians and sabians whoever believes in Allah and the last day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their lord on them shall be no fear nor shall they grieve…why don’t you depict your popes then?

i will a story for you there was a jewish neighbor of the prophet who used each day to put garbage at the door of the prophet. one day, he didn’t put anything. the prophet mohamad becmae anxious thiking maybe he is sick or he needs something. so he went to visit him. when the jewish man saw the prophet mohamad he became shocked thinking i was hurting you by my deed and you are coming to visit me?! and of course he embraced islam. prophet mohamad was a generous pious loving man. he used to feel hungry to feed hungry people. he used to help poor and weak. when they used to hurt him he used to say: oh ALLAH forgive me for they do not know…

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Stupid i don like him

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Died from old age…
Guess he was to strong for allah to punish or catch…

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My personal thoughts are that he didn’t want his photo out because he would’ve been identified as the thief and murder that he was and he would have been exposed as the false prophet narrative that they were trying to protect the truth of their prophet! Unreal that nowadays they are protecting the criminals and murders instead of the innocent, but I believe times are changing and people are not going to stand for that anymore. Perfect example is this administration and all that are connected with it. Their lies are being brought to light everyday and being exposed for the hypocrites they are.

#12

You rasis

#13

People who watch this video, pliz dont subscribe to this racist

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Well I’m been taught to respect people even with different religion and still doing well. And well I’m put all my trust to my beautiful islam. Idc and may the greatest Allah s.w.t bless all of you :heart:

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David wood you know the truth
Leave ignorance and come back to Islam . U mocked Islam , Allah swt and our Prophet (pbuh) so u would have a dreadful punishment. But you have chance . Repent to Allah swt .
He is most merciful .

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Rest in hell

#17

The guys time to burn. Oi you wood you know hijab finished you off

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Westerngurd be like :
Oh man !! I only make a funny duplicate cartoon of a of the real cartoon :sweat_smile::sweat_smile::rofl::rofl::rofl:

#19

Rest in Peace Sir … you did your best to show TRUTH to the foolish masses.

#20

It’s everyone’s responsibility to speak out in the name of free speech.