The Joint Jury Court of Athens announced today its decision for the 23-year-old Pakistani, who, in the summer of 2022, had murdered his 17-year-old girlfriend Nicoleta in the Athens neighbourhood of Peristeri because, as he said, she cursed Muhammad, the founder of Islam, during an argument. With its decision, the court unanimously found the Pakistani…
No, there is a middle ground between “he was not just human but also divine” and “he was not in any way special”. They consider him the most perfect human that has ever lived. They make no secret of this. They bless his name every time they use it. They have rules around his image and his reputation. And they make no secret of this. If you’ve interpreted “he’s not divine” as “he’s not special”, that’s your upbringing coming through, not theirs.
And no I don’t need a list of all the abhorrent things Muhammed and his followers have done.
Don’t they have a rule against idolizing people? How do they not consider their treatment of Muhammad as idolizing him?
It’s a quite literal rule - idols and idolatry are things that have actual meaning in Abrahamic religions, and in the pagan religions that Islam supplanted at Mecca. See also the icons and iconoclastic conflict in the neighbouring Orthodox Christian tradition.
“Wow he’s perfect” isn’t idolatry in the literal sense of an actual physical idol object mean to be physical manifestation of, or place of residence of, a deity.
Is that why they ban all pictures/depictions of Muhammad? To avoid stepping over that line of idolizing him?
From how I’ve understood it, yes that’s exactly why
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He’s talking about you conflating “divine” and “special”.
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You didn’t. But you seem to be under the impression that “they don’t treat him special” when they absolutely do and make no pretense that they don’t. They do deny his divinity, which is what you’re thinking of. You’re welcome for this helpful untangling of your own thoughts.
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