This attack on the most respected, most revered prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him) has come from an American Israeli Jew, who has been supported by most rabid and most irresponsible persons whose number unfortunately is on the increase.
This film, a very dirty, very reprehensible caricature of the Benefactor of humanity, has cut to pieces the hearts of believers, which are bleeding endlessly. Certainly it is the unkindest cut of all.
It is really unfortunate that these satanic slanders of misrepresenting Islam and denigrating the personage of Prophet Muhammad are rooted in the hostility and prejudice which a very large section of western society still harbours.
Islam has firmly laid down the foundations of good conduct and mutual respect. The Holy Qur’ān exhorts the believers not to denigrate even the false gods and goddesses being worshipped by idolaters. In the long Islamic history you will not come across even a single incident of denigration of non-Muslim religious personalities. But from time to time the most revered Prophet, who is dearer to the believers than their own selves and their parents, is attacked and painted in the blackest colours.
One of the objects of the denigrators of Islam is to provoke Muslims, then call them fundamentalist and uncivilized. Therefore, it is important that the common Muslims, in spite of worst provocations and uncivilized attacks, should not lose their cool and not react in a violent way as they did in some places. The protests should be peaceful and within the limits of law and decency. In this regard the Prophet himself has set an example of forgiving his worst enemies. All slanders and blasphemous acts should be turned into opportunities to present the message of Islam to the world. During the lifetime of the Prophet when a slander was hatched against Hazrat Ayesha, Allah asked the believers to be patient and extoll, love and follow the Prophet more ardently. This is the constructive advice given by Allah the Beneficent Lord of universe. In this hour of crisis when dirt is being spread and aspersions are made, patience and constructive reaction is the sane advice.
The Muslims should disseminate more warmly the life giving message of Islam and present more positively the teachings of the Prophet, which are meant for the salvation of entire humanity. Further, let the Muslims follow the Prophet in their daily life more honestly and more vigorously so that the people of the world may come closer to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, who was actually sent as the Mercy to mankind.