Can we please stop calling this ‘trivial’. It really isn’t. You might not understand why, and you may never (especially if you don’t try to), but there is a reason why people are angry over this, and suffice it to say it is not at all unreasonable.
Note I made no mention of reaction with violence when referring to whether the reaction of anger was at all unreasonable. I personally am not sure where I stand on this matter and as such have little position to comment. It’s a very serious issue and I hope you can appreciate that I withhold my full stance on the matter before making an informed and thought out decision.
ALL I will say for now is the following:
On the one hand, these ARE very serious insults and attacks against Islam. We don’t see these matters in the same way that you do. PLEASE UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THIS. INSULTS AGAINST THE PROPHET (P.B.U.H.) ARE SEEN AS DIRECT THREATS AND ATTACKS AGAINST ISLAM AND ALL WHO FOLLOW IT IN THE GRAVEST AND MOST EVIL SENSE. You may NEVER understand why this is, but just understand that this IS our position. You may see it as trivial, but do not assume that this should apply to everyone.
However, that brings me on to the other side of the argument in my head. It’s precisely because you don’t appreciate Muhammed (p.b.u.h.) in the same way we do and understand why he is so important that it’s hard to hold those responsible for these images to full accountability. If they don’t understand why their actions are so repulsive, then they can’t appreciate why it’s wrong.
Of course, insulting almost anyone by drawing their head on the body of a dog is immoral and frankly childish in the first place, but before we can hold someone fully accountable for why this case precisely is so offensive to us, it’s a little more complicated how these instances should be treated. If they don’t believe they are attacking Islam in the most grave and evil sense as described above, I’m not entirely sure we can treat it that way.
And how I personally feel about the images specifically is this: I get angry when I even hear of such things. I get a lump in my throat and admittedly I’m not sure how I would compose myself when faced with someone doing these things. I am usually well mannered and reserved in public, so I’m not a nutjob, but it is because I appreciate why Mohammed (p.b.u.h.) is so important, so respected and so revered by us that I get angry. You might never understand this feeling, but similairly I will never understand why anyone would want to insult the prophet (p.b.u.h.), for any reason.
There are differences between us. We have different buttons that, when pushed, get us angry. What I don’t understand is, why push those buttons?
TL;DR-
I come from a world you may not understand.
