Word: prophet
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...millennium was as fanatical as that of their religious counterparts -- and far more destructive. Soviet, Cambodian, Korean, Chinese communists relentlessly drove their people to extremes of privation and repression in order to hasten the arrival of full-fledged "communism," the millennium as foretold by that 19th century prophet Karl Marx...
...three other mice about Satan in celebration of the bombing of the World Trade Center. Then the mouse goes on to say, "Now, brothers, what beloved symbol of the great Satan shall we strike at next?' And the rest of the mice pitch in, "By the beard of the prophet" and "Allah be praised." The comic strip ends with the mouse throwing a brick at a cat, which the author, for some reason, stereotypes as the Intifada...
...Islam really stands on the issue, but often the concept of Jihad is used an example of Islam's supposed barbarism, If we look at the teachings of Islam as opposed the malpractices if Islam, we will find that Islam prohibits the killing of innocent people. In fact, the prophet Mohammed, which the author of the comic strip so readily makes fun of, prohibited the killing of noncombatants in times of war. Not only were noncombatants not to be harmed, but also the razing of land and the destruction of trees or other means of livelihood were prohibited...
...portrayed in a fashion contrary to its teachings. Worse yet, The Crimson seems to have no respect for all the Muslims who go to school there, who live in the community, or Muslims anywhere. What sort of a meaning could a phrase like "by the beard of the prophet" have, except one of utter disrespect. And why would" Allah be praised" when a building is bombed and innocents are killed? At a time when The Crimson prides itself on being fair and unbiased, how would any Muslim reading The Crimson feel? In the future, I hope that this newspaper will...
...Prophet of Pop Culture...