I'll preface this by observing that once again you do not reply to genuine questions but proceed to ad hominem attacks.
If I slander your mother and call her names and accuse you of things you'd be mad and tell me you wouldn't wana hit me. Now you're gonna say "oh but that's different". Well to us it's God's word which is significant whether you like it or not. It's sacred to us.
Imagine someone throws toilette residue on your mother? Oh but it's just material, it's not her internal. Sorry you wouldn't buy it and don't give me crap about but that's different. It's about respect, dignity, sanctity and honor. You don't put value on it but we do.
You mention that to you (I assume you mean every muslim in the world?) "god's word" is significant and sacred. Fair point. Wouldn't the Qu'rans be man made objects though? And wouldn't the "word of god" reside in the minds of the people and not in a mere book?
Does that mean if someone rips a page from the Qu'ran then whatever was written in those pages is invalid or non existent? Or if someone burns a Qu'ran does that mean the "word of god" has been destroyed and invalidated for muslims? Or if a publishing house that publishes the Qu'ran is burned down due to lightning? Or if someone buys the Qu'ran, reads it and then throws it away because they did not like it? Is there no distinction in islam between content, context, essence, freedom and the actual material nature?
And do you agree with the violent, bloody and sometimes deadly protests that erupt whenever any alleged incident involving the Qu'ran is publicized? (notice I said "alleged" and did not state that each and every muslim goes out to kill others for that).
You mention "respect, dignity, sanctity and honor". It looks from the way it is written like that is an exclusive privilege and a pillar of islam. But do you maintain these practices for others too? And has islam (as a whole) maintained these also? Or are the infidels and idolaters degenerate animals that do not posses these traits and do not deserve them?
Yes they do, catholics supplicate to statues of Mary (peace be upon her), supplicate to statues of Jesus (pbuh).
We do not supplicate to it nor believe in it benefiting us in anyway.
So whenever catholics pray they worship the actual stone, statue or image that is in front of them or in their vicinity and this object is their actual god? Essentially then would any religious object near the presence of believers be considered idolatry?
At any rate, according to your version of idealized and perfect islam, why would someone who is so devout and clear in his vision and understanding of religion and god, fear seeing or showing the face of Mohammad? Would muslims resort to idolatry if Mohammad's face was revealed in images or drawings? If Mohammad would somehow magically appear would that mean that all muslims who see him will be blinded or killed or commit idolatry?
Even though some might argue about the divine origin of the stone, still many muslims try to kiss it. This is attributed to the fact that Mohammad kissed it and therefore they try to emulate him. Why did Mohammad kiss it though? Do you blindly do whatever Mohammad did regardless of its scope or meaning? And if at any rate, it does not benefit the muslims in any way as you say, why do muslims do it? And why is the stone not destroyed?
Why are islamophobes so obsessed with the kaba or the stone trying to prove we're idolators. It's pretty retarded because it clearly shows you don't know the fundemental teachings of Islam nor have ever read what the qur'an says.
I don't know who you're referring to but in my case there is no fear (I assume you understand?).
I asked genuine questions before and I asked again many genuine questions in this post. However you once again proceed with ad hominem attacks without the slightest insight or knowledge about others. I hope you will answer these questions (hopefully all of them) since you appear to be the definitive muslim scholarly authority here.
