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I came across this article which is sort of nothing new to us these days.

In a novel sense, this piece of news no longer levitates the transient, radical Islam dislike in me. Instead, it makes me think of the reality: the waves of hostility that are targeted at Muslims. These extremists constantly use their God (Allah) as a way to associate the "calamities" to divine punishment on the "filthy" people of the West. In this particular article, the accused didn't think twice about his example of the Black Saturday which claimed well over 100 innocent people who never supported the war in the Middle East and yet had to die at young ages, and their relatives scarred and now struggling to rebuild new lives. What is devastating is that his single voice, not that of the Muslims who truly want to have a peaceful life, echoes in the media. For every radical claim comes a radical reaction. The result is less than desirable: Muslims are generally victimised by their own fundamental minority.

What constitutes the blasphemy is precisely this statement that originates in Christianity, but for the religious realm, the idea is universal: Thou Shall Not Take the Name of Thy God in Vain.

Whatever the purpose, whatever the intention, whatever the justification, their claim that Allah punished the people of the Black Saturday directly demonises the name of their own God in the faith of the worldwide community at large. A benevolent God does not punish people who want to live in peace.