Disgust and horror

I logged on to my friendster and got this message today:

> > KEMATIAN PELUKIS DENMARK YANG MELUKIS KARIKATUR RASULULLAH S.A.W kita yg tercinta..Tlg sebar2kan kpd sumer yg beragama Islam mahupun bkan.. The artist who drew the pictures of the Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W) has died in afire. He was burned alive. Denmark governmen t is hiding the news from the public and everyone has to know. Plz spread this... . (Its the price one must pay 4 the insult of Allah's Prophet) Forward this to as many people as you can... Just remember Allah is watching you if you love Allah then send this to everyone on your list because you have open this.
> > > Great news Hope you all know about the Denmark newspaper who made fun upon our loving Prophet and till now they never regret… let us make them regret For all time…The Denmark ambassador, prime minister and Denmark channel they all try to do something just to stop the boycott made by Muslims last month, by which their losses has reached to 2 billion Euro.

Wow.

I'm not sure if the contents of this meesage is even true, but WOW.

Clap clap clap.

Congratulations.

We have now (some of us) apparently transcended the boundaries of humanity into something unspeakable.

As muslims, if someone dies, do we applaud it, no matter how bad that person is? Was that the way we were taught to be as we were growing up? Was that the way the Prophet Muhammad SAW wanted his ummah to turn out?

It's the price one must pay for the insult of Allah's prophet?

You pray that he sees the light. You pray for him to apologise and realise his mistake. You do not pray for him to meet a horrible demise.

Above all, you do not say "It serves him right. He was burnt to death because he was such an asshole"

Whatever he did is between him and Allah SWT. We have no right to clap and cheer.

Because doing that means we're NO BETTER than he is. Boycotting their products means we're no better than he is.

Because underneath it all, we're just scared and spiteful of something we don't understand. We judge those who are guilty but punish those who are not.

THINK people. Before you spread these atrocities, use that god-given thing you have in your head. Use it before you mindlessly and judgementally and become just like that person you condemn. Who put you up there so high on that horse that you deem yourself suitable for punishment to those poor people who didn't even support what the artist did in the first place?

Shame on you.