Happy Blasphemy Day!

[mr blur]

to all.

International Blasphemy Day is 30 September 2009

International Blasphemy Day is not just a day. It is a movement to dismantle the wall which exists between religion and criticism.

The primary focus of the Blasphemy Day movement and indeed this website is not to debate the existence of any gods or deities (there is an abundance of fantastic websites which deal explicitly with that argument all over the internet, check the Web Links section).

The objective of International Blasphemy Day is to open up all religious beliefs to the same level of free inquiry, discussion and criticism to which all other areas of academic interest are subjected.

Why September 30? The last day in September is the anniversary of the original publication of Danish cartoons in 2005 depicting the prophet Muhammad's face. Any visual depiction of Muhammad is considered a grave offence under Islamic law.

The fury which arose within the Islamic community following this publication led to massive riots, attacks on foreign embassies and deaths.

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For those who get offended easily, here's a blasphemous cartoon of Muhammad:



and here's a chocolate Jebus:



Hey, this is easy!




http://www.blasphemyday.com/

[semillama]

1. It was also my son's 8-month birthday!

Nice coincidence - OR IS IT????

[lizerdbits]

2. I found out about it 1 day late

I and my fellow blasphemous coworker were disappointed.

[realisticphish]

3. but here's the great thing

EVERY day can be blasphemy day!

[lizerdbits]

4. Interestingly,

someone usually shakes their head and tells me I'm going to hell almost every day!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. First one's not blasphemy, just a bigoted stereotype.

[realisticphish]

6. both

the second part is true, but that doesn't stop it from being actually blasphemous in Islam

[mr blur]

7. A drawing of Muhammed IS blasphemous,

as I understand this nonsense.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. A drawing of Mohammed as a terrorist with a bomb is a bigoted stereotype.