2009-04-01, 23:07 | Link #42 |
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Muslims always try to make sure Muhammad is never portrayed at all, in any media from portraits to anime to cartoons. The justification I always hear for not portraying Muhammad is that it is wrong to make idols. This is true in Christianity and Judaism as well, so my question becomes "how is it wrong to portray Muhammad as long as you don't worship it as an idol?"(an anime or cartoon representation will, obviously, never be worshipped) Afterall it never says not to portray Muhammad at all anywhere in the Qur'an. (If this seems irrelevant please tell me so, I thought it was on topic but I could be wrong._
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2009-04-01, 23:11 | Link #43 |
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There are extremists in every culture and religion. Even extremists at both polar ends of the same religions or cultures. It is when the extreme takes over from the norm that things start to get out of hand. Sometimes the extreme leads to a new norm, but other times it leads to chaos and death. Sometimes the extremist minority becomes the normal majority after a few hundred years (Christians in Rome). Sometimes they become the power only to become the norm and fall to another extreme (Communism in Russia). Only history will decide what is what long after the events have past.
As for Muslims in anime? Considering how most anime is basically set in Japan, the numbers of muslims represented will be few and far between. At least in terms of were they are obviously religious muslims. There have been several accounts of characters from Middle Eastern nations, North Africa, and other well known muslim majority countries and regions. The lead in Full Metal Panic grew up in Afghanistan during that fictions version of the Russian-Afghan War. I do not think his belief system every came up during the show's three seasons, so we don't know if he was even a muslim. Religion unless it is based around a holiday or Japanese tradition, generally doesn't seem to come up in the average anime unless it is a plot point. I would note however that the Christian religion has made an effect of a lot of anime plot points, accurately protrayed or not (usually not).
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2009-04-01, 23:19 | Link #44 |
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Portrayal of Christianity is usually just a bit hilariously odd or its simply that some icons from it are used for effect. On a rare occasion, (e.g. Kannagi) its obliquely referenced as a competition point to Shinto.
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Generally, people knows more about Christianity than Islam, so a Jesus joke may success (just hypothesis), but a Muhammad joke will definitely has a negative consequence.
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Anyone thinks fictional works do not shape the view of public probably has several screws loose. If there were a doujinshi like the one I described, at least more than one kid in the world would probably think: wow Muslim women are so hot they blaspheme their god. I am not surprise if now I showed Gundam 00 to some of the most illiterate regions of Africa, kids there would think there existed giant robots flying around and fighting in our world for real. Of course, they are just two of the extreme examples, but they happen. |
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2) The Qur'an is the main text of Islam... the rest is simply interpretation and doctrine, i.e. the mulling of mullahs, some of which presume more authority on interpretation of faith than they merit. A Christian analog might be some screwloose "christian church" preacher asserting special understanding of Christianity that involves torturing selected passages for their own purposes.
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2009-04-02, 00:22 | Link #47 |
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Well one thing I can think of concering Judeo–Christian religions are that in essence they have very little tolerance against any other theocracy other then their own.
Telling another culture/person what is good or bad based on own belief is self-centered and self-righteous. As long as you have a strong belief within yourself then nobody is able to violate that altar and anything and everything else should just sound as noise to your ear. |
2009-04-02, 00:30 | Link #48 |
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And the world should NOT bend to their will. See what I'm saying? It doesn't matter how much you disagree with whatever tastelessness someone spouts, they should be able to say whatever they please without people killing them for it. Tempering media for fear of backlash is basically just doing exactly what the extremists want you to do.
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2009-04-02, 00:39 | Link #49 | ||
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Any writer who writes sensitive things should be ready for, again, some negative responds. If we think something is bad, harmful, or offend us, we have the right to complain and protest (the way we think is correct or not, is a total different matter). And depends on how bad and harmful WE THINK IT IS, we will have the appropriate method to "complain." If IN THE EYES OF MAJORITY, we always take things over-seriously, are self-centered, and easily refer to extreme method to "protest," we simply become extremists. If the majority is like us, then we are justice. Anyone here remember the case of Japanese's history textbook a few years ago? It's like saying: we should never bend to the terrorist/kidnapper/criminal/attacker/whatever demands. Well, it sounds righteous. It is righteous, but needless to say, it depends on specific situations for the solution. Last edited by Cinocard; 2009-04-02 at 00:50. |
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And sure to some extent people opinions can be swayed by fiction, but that's really only when it mirrors something that already exists. Like nobody is holding protests against the empire for the violations of Ewok rights on Endor. That last part is a little too out there in left field for me to comment on |
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Again, if we have the majority backing us, then "bring it on." But if 90% of the world population were Korean, who don't watch anime and dispute that anime is a niche market product... Last edited by Cinocard; 2009-04-02 at 11:43. |
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2009-04-02, 00:52 | Link #52 |
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Sorry, I misinterpreted your intent in the post and where you were leading. You're right - there will be some folks offended. You almost can't move in life without offending someone. It is a very poor endgame when we let a few zealots interfere with everyone else's lives.
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2009-04-02, 01:03 | Link #54 |
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The only anime I know of where Islam seems to be "seriously" portrayed is in "Yugo the Negotiator," where the protagonist has a job in Pakistan and has to conform with the culture there. I don't know that much about Islam in detail, but it seemed like that anime tried to make a semi-plausible attempt.
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2009-04-02, 07:35 | Link #55 |
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There is also the manga: Adolf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_(manga) In the last chapters the story shifts on the israeli-palestinian conflict, and one of the three Adolfs marries a palestinian woman. However, while it's obvious that the woman was muslim, the manga doesn't delve too much into religion.
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2009-04-02, 09:06 | Link #56 |
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I dislike it when people tries to force their religion on others.
I can burn any holy text i want be it quran or the bible because i do not subscribe nor care about neither belief. The reason I don't is because i don't see any useful purpose in doing so. If that is reason to be hostile, then "your" religion is truly violent and oppressive. Just as we see japan as a country full of perverts and sushi, their view of us also differ from our own. Why bother getting so worked up about it? These people aren't going to rule the world and oppress your people with their "view" on your culture. Should people get so worked up by stereotypes and generalization? While it might not be true for some, it is to an extend, true for most. As a diverse species, could we not just accept those difference instead and be contend that humanity is so much more than any other species on earth?
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This debate is kind of ironic when one of Japan's fundamental teaching is Buddhism.
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2009-04-02, 10:02 | Link #58 |
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I knew that since your from Malaysia, a moderate Muslim democratic nation which unfortunately its current political climate is currently bad with... well you can just google it or something.
Just so you know, Setsuna was formerly a Muslim but became an Atheist after Ali trick him to kill his parents and made him and his friends believe they'll be martyrs fighting against the enemy. I surprise that its showing on Malaysian TV since the Azasdistan arc and Setsuna atheism might anger the the muslim conservatives over there.
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