Julie Burchill Apologises To Ash Sarkar

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Full statement was posted here:

https://twitter.com/BoozeAndFagz/status/1371748021692682240

in it she says that "I also now understand that it is blasphemy for a Muslim to worship Prophet Muhammad and I had no basis for stating that Ms Sarkar does so."

I am grateful that Burchill has been held accountable for her spiteful abuse but this comment does seem odd to me... surely the prophet is central to islam? Can anyone explain why/how it is "blasphemy" for muslims to worship him?

[AuntPollyGrey]

Muslims class Muhammed as a 'messenger' not a 'God'

"Muslims do not believe that Muhammad was in any way divine, and this is confirmed in the Qur'an, which states: Muhammad is no more than a messenger (Surah 3:144) .

[dannyk13]

Explained here:-
https://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/04/living/islam-prophet-images/index.html

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that does make sense auntpolly... but if he isn't divine then why is it forbidden to depict him? Or have I misunderstood that?

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ah you anticipated my question danny. thank you.

[dannyk13]

Untitled, check my link ^^

[dannyk13]

Oops, crossed posts.

[bobbinwales]

Wonder what the 'substantial damages' were she agreed to pay. A must admit a didnt know they didnt worship muhammed

[naomi24]

Mohammed is revered without reserve in Islam, and emulated as the perfect man, but he is not 'worshipped' as a God. It's a great sin to worship anyone or anything other than Allah. That said, Mohammed comes a very close second. Insult him and you insult all of Islam.

[Paigntonian]

Remind me how old his wife was.

[Peter Pedant]

oh - -
you dont worship a messenger of God...

same as Romans dont worship saints or statues of St Mary ( er images of the Blessed Virgin that is)

intercessionary prayer is another no-no for muslims as it is for you prods innit?

[Peter Pedant]

// Insult him and you insult all of Islam.//

save one man and you save the whole of mankind - - is also in the Quran innit?

[Paigntonian]

Peter: you seem to be confusing veneration and worship.

[Sunk]

I had no idea who Ash Sarkar is.
After searching I am not much wiser.
She is a leftwing female journalist who works for the Guardian and the Independent.

Not sure why Burchill fell out with her.

// Burchill stated: "I should not have sent these tweets, some of which included racist and misogynist comments regarding Ms Sarkar's appearance and her sex life." She further apologised for "liking" posts which called on Sarkar to commit suicide. //

Burchill has had to pay damages and pay Sarkar’s legal costs, as well as issue the grovelling apology. Her publisher has postponed her book.

Good that the libel laws are being used against idiots on Twitter.

[Peter Pedant]

google - image muhammad on buraq
and you will find images of both

I wanted to show the visit to God conducted by the archangel Gabriel
try google
image muhammad with gabriel

so at one time it was OK
and there is no report of the prophet saying - no photos! - no publicity! so it must be post quranic

[naomi24]

//Remind me how old his wife was.//

One of his wives was six years old when he married her - the marriage was consummated when she was nine - hence Islam’s propensity for child marriage. Although some countries impose laws relating to minimum age, failure to adhere to the rule is often overlooked. To criticise that would be to criticise Mohammed - and that’s a definite no no.

Another thing is that there are examples - one in particular - where Mohammed’s advice overrides Allah’s instruction - but no devout Muslim would ever concede that.

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burchill accused Sarkar of "worshipping a paedophile"... which it turns out is not correct. She also by her own admission encouraged some truly awful anti-muslim abuse against her.

//I had no idea who Ash Sarkar is.
After searching I am not much wiser. //

She is a leftist commentator... she describes herself as a "communist libertarian muslim" which I must say to me does sound like a combination of ideas that are very very difficult to reconcile... communism is atheistic by nature and not very libertarian, for example. But she obviously copes somehow so I might take a look into some of her writing to see if and how she squares these things.

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//Another thing is that there are examples - one in particular - where Mohammed’s advice overrides Allah’s instruction //

That is interesting naomi... that would seem to go very much against the "veneration over worship" angle. Would you mind explaining or linking?

[andy-hughes]

Julie Burchill has made a career out of being a nasty spiteful racist Harrison, I remain confused as to why she maintains gainful employment as a writer.

[andy-hughes]

That's harridan - predictive text strikes again.