Muhammedans?

You are not supposed to call a Muslim a Muhammedan because it would imply that Muhammed is some sort of god or Jesus anology rather then *just* a prophet. On the other hand, this is the sort of mistake humans do. So could there have been a branch of Islam that belives that Muhammad is some sort of god or Jesus anology?
 

Valdemar II

Banned
You are not supposed to call a Muslim a Muhammedan because it would imply that Muhammed is some sort of god or Jesus anology rather then *just* a prophet. On the other hand, this is the sort of mistake humans do. So could there have been a branch of Islam that belives that Muhammad is some sort of god or Jesus anology?


Calvinists and Lutherans:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Calvinists and Lutherans:rolleyes::rolleyes:

...along with Arians, Priscillians and Manicheans - not to mention the Ismailis. :D

Really, this whole "you shouldn't call Muslims Mohammedans"-thing has *a lot* to do with (relatively) modern attitudes, and fairly little with Medieval and pre-modern Islam.
 

Sachyriel

Banned
Maybe if he travelled to see a Pope, and fostered a greater Catholic-Muslim unity, to kill Protestants...

Then became a saint...
 
I often wondered how come Muhammed who was by Islam just a man can't be drawn or insulted or whatever, whereas Jesus who by Christianity was a bit of God can be drawn and have theological arguments about him ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
I often wondered how come Muhammed who was by Islam just a man can't be drawn or insulted or whatever, whereas Jesus who by Christianity was a bit of God can be drawn and have theological arguments about him ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

You can't draw anyone in Islam, which is strictly iconoclastic. You can certainly have theological discussions about Muhammad and his laws - that's all Islamic scholars have been doing for the last 1,400 years! The range of opinion about all that is a whole lot broader than it is in Christianity - there is no equivalent to the monolithity of Catholicism, for example - there are many schools of Sunni jurisprudence, which are not compatible yet operate in tandem without conflict, and always have.

Insulting Muhammad, especially graphically, is not surprisingly something that is likely to upset people, and I might point out that even a reverent image of a crucifix in a beaker of urine caused a decade of serious protest in the US. It's a rather beautiful image, too.
 

Valdemar II

Banned
I often wondered how come Muhammed who was by Islam just a man can't be drawn or insulted or whatever, whereas Jesus who by Christianity was a bit of God can be drawn and have theological arguments about him ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf


The ban against drawing Muhammed or anyone was because, he didn't want the Muslims to worship him or anything as a Idol, they should instead focus on Allah and revelations Muhammed had received.
 
You are not supposed to call a Muslim a Muhammedan because it would imply that Muhammed is some sort of god or Jesus anology rather then *just* a prophet. On the other hand, this is the sort of mistake humans do. So could there have been a branch of Islam that belives that Muhammad is some sort of god or Jesus anology?

Well.... You could say that ALL Islam believes that Mohammed is a Jesus analogy. Since they believe that Jesus was one of God's great prophets - and so was Mohammed.
 
I often wondered how come Muhammed who was by Islam just a man can't be drawn or insulted or whatever, whereas Jesus who by Christianity was a bit of God can be drawn and have theological arguments about him ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

This is almost a different topic. I suspect a lot is cultural. Today, most Christians in the developed world live in a pluralistic secular society (even the US). While we may feel strongly about our own personal views regarding Jesus, we acknowledge other may differ and that depictions we may see as offensive are legally protected. I know some secular Muslims whose views regarding Muhammad and ability to tolerate jokes and so forth about him are not much different from a secular westerner's approach to Jesus. However, many more Muslims live in or have imigrated from developing areas where fundamentalism is the dominant strain of the faith and those are the people we hear about when this issue comes up.
 
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