Pacifying those who are already sleeping

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I was sent this link to a post discussing the reaction of Muslims to yet another publication that slanders the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Unfortunately, its another one of those apologetic-type posts that belittles other Muslims for taking an orthodox stance on an important issue, and its very similar to this posting on Muslim Matters.

The problem i see with posts like these is that the authors in their desire to have Muslims seem so super-duper civil start introducing dangerous concepts into their writings. The first author implies that playing politics is sometimes more important than following hadith:

Let me stop you in your tracks before you say “fear Allah brother, the hadith says we should x , y and z.” This is the type of simplistic reasoning in political Islam is the thorn in the side of the Muslims…

And the second author advocates that there is a limit to loving the Prophet:

Before anyone jumps me, I’d like to say that YES, loving and protecting the honour and reputation of the Prophet (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) is something we should do even before loving and protecting our ownselves… but there’s a limit to everything.

Now thats not something i’ve heard before, and i think it goes against the fitra of being a Muslim; if you were to now go to any Muslim and ask him if there should be a limit to loving Rasulullah, what reply do you think you’re going to get?

Despite accusing others of simplistic reasoning, unfortunately, it is these authors themselves who employ a very simplistic type of reasoning and forget something that every little boy learns in the playground: when you let someone bully you and insult you, it won’t stop until you stand up and do something about it. At least on MM some brothers argued against these authors such as Abu Ilyas who wrote:

Besides, when does it ever work in life that an oppressor stops oppression because he is ignored? This is totally against human experience. This strategy of not giving them any attention is not right. Nobody respects weakness. It simply emboldens them.No hostile Kaafir will ever care if you ignore him, they are determined enemies.

And the question that comes to my mind is that if authors such as these believe that an insult to the Prophet is not good enough reason for Muslims to stand up and do something, then what event is good enough?

Link: The dust will never settle – a lecture by Anwar al-Awlaki discussing the rise in slander and defamation of the Prophet Muhammad (Right click and select “Save Target As…”)

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