They ARE fanatics for issuing fatwas calling for the death of people like Rushdie.
Would people (Muslims) be offended? Maybe. But art isn't about avoiding offending people.
What a bloody boring world this would be if we all had to walk around on eggshells, worried that someone was going to get their panties in a bunch because of something we said or did all the time.
I'm not advocating intentionally inciting people. But if the plan all along for this film was to show various recognizable landmarks across the globe being blown apart, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with them blowing the Kaaba to smithereens just as they did the other structures.
And it's not about there being some sort of special pleasure derived from blowing up the Kaaba. It's about treating everyone and everything fairly and equally.
This is exactly like the situation with the Danish cartoon controversy. I find it irritating because they're kowtowing to Muslims (under threat of having a fatwa on their head).
If people are offended when a movie uses special effects to blow up the Kaaba (or the Wailing Wall or the Vatican or anything else deemed special), then they don't have to spend QR35 for a ticket and see it.
Simple.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx
They ARE fanatics for issuing fatwas calling for the death of people like Rushdie.
Would people (Muslims) be offended? Maybe. But art isn't about avoiding offending people.
What a bloody boring world this would be if we all had to walk around on eggshells, worried that someone was going to get their panties in a bunch because of something we said or did all the time.
I'm not advocating intentionally inciting people. But if the plan all along for this film was to show various recognizable landmarks across the globe being blown apart, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with them blowing the Kaaba to smithereens just as they did the other structures.
And it's not about there being some sort of special pleasure derived from blowing up the Kaaba. It's about treating everyone and everything fairly and equally.
This is exactly like the situation with the Danish cartoon controversy. I find it irritating because they're kowtowing to Muslims (under threat of having a fatwa on their head).
If people are offended when a movie uses special effects to blow up the Kaaba (or the Wailing Wall or the Vatican or anything else deemed special), then they don't have to spend QR35 for a ticket and see it.
Simple.
"Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?" -- Groucho Marx