1) The boycotting and blind banning will not work in long term. We need to communicate with others for general purpose and for spreading our message. So, boycotting the information high ways, and trying to build MuslimTube/MuslimFaceBook will not work.

2) The action plan must be different for the pictures and offensive caricatures/material issues.
a) Many website including Face Book has a policy that if some content/page is against the law of a country then it is not shown to those countries. The muslim countries officially as well as their private citizens should contact Face Book, You Tube etc. to self-ban the links of Prophet Muhammad’s pictures and offensive materials in muslim countries. (Facebook etc. did it for some other issues/pages, so it is not unprecedented.)

b) There is a impression that these website show bias in deleting/self-banning the material that hurts/concerns with muslims. Muslims need websites that gives real evidences of the petition filed that fulfills Face Book etc. ‘s terms of use, but are not positively dealt by those. These petitions will not be according to muslim’s wishes (how they want the world) but it will be according to Face Book etc.’s own policies.
It will show the unbiased audience that muslim’s concerns and protests have some logical background.

c) For offensive caricatures/materials, we need to invoke provisions against hate speech. Again like point (b), we need to provide real evidences that this caricature or this text is considered as hate speech by Face Book etc.’s own policy regarding hate speech. The self-ban on these materials must be universal as for all other kinds of hate speech.
Again, we need websites/pages that show the logically drafted petitions and the responses on those petitions to show the real problem to unbiased persons.

4) In long term, we can communicate with United Nations and other related bodies to change the laws concerning hate speech, if muslims have some useful suggestion that is accepted by majority of religions and other groups.

5) Personally, I think that there is a majority of unbiased persons who will understand the genuine issues of hate speech and local law violation and support the efforts.

6) For the execution of point (2), it is more a responsibility of non-supporters of boycott/ban, like myself, to do some concrete efforts (in place of just doing lip service and cursing the boycotting/banning persons.)

خدا کرے میری ارض پاک پر اترے
وہ فصلِ گل جسے اندیشہء زوال نہ ہو

یہاں جو پھول کھلے وہ کِھلا رہے برسوں
یہاں خزاں کو گزرنے کی بھی مجال نہ ہو

یہاں جو سبزہ اُگے وہ ہمیشہ سبز رہے
اور ایسا سبز کہ جس کی کوئی مثال نہ ہو

گھنی گھٹائیں یہاں ایسی بارشیں برسائیں
کہ پتھروں کو بھی روئیدگی محال نہ ہو

خدا کرے نہ کبھی خم ہو سرِ وقارِ وطن
اور اس کے حسن کو تشویش ماہ و سال نہ ہو

ہر ایک فرد ہو تہذیب و فن کا اوجِ کمال
کوئی ملول نہ ہو کوئی خستہ حال نہ ہو

خدا کرے کہ میرے اک بھی ہم وطن کے لیے
حیات جرم نہ ہو زندگی وبال نہ ہو

خدا کرے میری ارض پاک پر اترے
وہ فصلِ گل جسے اندیشہء زوال نہ ہو

(احمد ندیم قاسمی )

If we really want to dilute the bitterness of the provinces and separatist emotions of some individuals, would it not be better to ask the government to give proper provincial autonomy to the provinces, and then proper administration rights to the district governments.

You will agree that majority of the people are not separatist, but this kind of arrogance (“shut these provincial autonomy movements”) can move them to separatist group. The best action will be to give the message that the center (establishment) understands the problems/fears/wishes of the provinces and eagerly trying to solve these issues. As a result, the propaganda of separatism will get less effective.

In my humble opinion, the bitterness increases and converts into extremism when provinces receives an impression that the center is not serious in solving the problem and just making vague statements to delay the issue. Let us take example of Balochistan as a test case to show why people get bitter. Few years ago, an effort had been initiated to solve the provincial autonomy and related issues of Balochistan. Mushahid Hussain and Waseem Sajjad started the work on this issue. But see what happened during last four years.

ISLAMABAD, Feb 24 [2005]: President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday he had asked the federal government to do away with the concurrent list to give maximum autonomy to provinces and finalize a new NFC award on the basis of
50:50 shares for the centre and the federating units.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/02/25/top4.htm

ISLAMABAD, March 3 [2005]: The Wasim Sajjad Committee on Balochistan has recommended a complete revision of the concurrent list, announcement of the NFC award before budget , biannual meetings of the Council of Common Interests and distribution of federal resources on the basis of poverty, backwardness, unemployment and development level of provinces instead of the existing criterion of population.

Chaudhry Shujaat said the parliamentary sub-committee headed by Senator Wasim Sajjad would present its final report at a meeting on March 12. The report of the Mushahid Hussain sub-committee would also come up for discussion at the meeting

He said the parliamentary committee would recommend reduction in the number of FC checkpoints in the province.

He said that 27 recommendations out of 31 submitted by the Mushahid sub-committee had been approved by President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
http://www.dawn.com/2005/03/04/top1.htm

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24 [2006]: The Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan, which held an informal meeting in Islamabad on Sunday, is likely to hold its formal meeting in Quetta after Eidul Azha to finalise its long overdue report on provincial autonomy.

These recommendations include abolishing 47 items from the concurrent list and giving maximum financial powers to the provinces.
http://www.dawn.com/2006/12/25/top7.htm

ISLAMABAD, June 24 [2007]: A constitutional package on provincial autonomy, envisaging handing over to the provinces 22 of the 47 items on the concurrent list, is almost ready and will be presented in the next session of the National Assembly.

The package envisages enhancement of the Senate’s powers with reference to the federal budget and top-level appointments
http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/25/nat1.htm

QUETTA, Pakistan, May 2 [2008], Gillani said the government believed in provincial autonomy and under the 1973 constitution Concurrent List would be abolished within a year.
http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/02/welcome.htm

What is the summary and conclusion of the above news items.

* In March 2005, the work of committees was almost finished. But the report was still not final till December 2006. Then it was planned to start legislation in June 2007, but there is no solid progress yet.
* In Decmeber 2006 proposal, 47 items from the concurrent list are recommended to be abolished. In June 2007 proposal, only 22 items are recommended to be abolished. Now, the new government too made commitment to abolish concurrent list. But it is still a commitment. (Abolishing an item/department form concurrent list means that now provincial govternment will make policy about this item/department.)

If the original recommendations of Mushahid Hussain and Waseem Sajjad committees will be implemented (which are moderate and not as “revolutionary” as some Baloch leaders demanded), the problem will start getting better. So patriotic Pakistanis who are worried about the well-bieng of Pakistan must be vocal for this cause.

In Past, for 25 years we labeled Bengalis as less patriotic and influenced by Hindus, when they were demanding their rights. The result of this strict and extremist form of nationalism/centralism was the tragedy of 1971.

It is politically incorrect to cite an example from India, but a ‘momin’ should acquire wisdom wherever he finds it. In the early years, India too faced the problems of differences between different states and the center. See the following example.

In Tamil-speaking Madras state, where five people have burned themselves to death in protest, a mob captured two policemen and burned them alive. In Malayalam-speaking Kerala state, mobs attacked post offices and trains, and students signed pledges of resistance to the “imposition of Hindi,” using their own blood as ink. As the death toll in the riots rose to 60, Shastri made a nationwide broadcast appealing for law and order.

Next day Madras was quiet, but violence flared in Bengal and the former French colony of Pondicherry.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,940936,00.html?iid=chix-sphere

And how this problem was solved? Indian leaders did not adopted state of denial position, and thought that time will solve this problem introduced by the enemies. But Indian prime minster announced:

Communications between one State to another will either be in English or will be accompanied by authentic English translation. The non-Hindi states will be free to correspond with the Central Government in English and no change will be made in this arrangement without the consent of the non-Hindi States.
All India Civil Services examination would continue to be conducted in English rather than in Hindi alone .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hindi_agitations

Muslim should know how to turn the tables over, how to reply with ‘hikmah’.

The book has often been misinterpreted as an attack on socialism; Orwell himself had occasion to refute such claims,  Orwell stated the following: “My recent novel [1984] is NOT intended as an attack on Socialism ……. but as a show-up of the perversions ……. and that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm

The text of the novels is present here.

http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/index.html

http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html

1984

As he watched the eyeless face with the jaw moving rapidly up and down, Winston had a curious feeling that this was not a real human being but some kind of dummy. It was not the man’s brain that was speaking, it was his larynx. The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words, but it was not speech in the true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness, like the quacking of a duck.

‘There is a word in Newspeak,’ said Syme, ‘I don’t know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise.

Animal Farm

And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: (Mr.) Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs.

The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear morning light. Yes, it was theirs–everything that they could see was theirs!

(After few days:) It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades,” cried Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?”

For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran:
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters.

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Und so muss das Rechte scheinen,
Was auch Mahomet gelungen;
Nur durch den Begriff des Einen
Hat er alle Welt bezwungen.

http://www.textlog.de/18137.html

And thus the right(ness) has to shine
What Muhammad also achieved;
Only by the term of the One
He mastered the whole world.

Holy Quran

Ob der Koran von Ewigkeit sei?
Darnach frag ich nicht! ….
Dass er das Buch der Buecher sei,
Glaub ich aus Mosleminen-Pflicht.

http://www.textlog.de/18179.html

Whether the Quran is of eternity?
I don’t question that!…
That it is the book of books
I believe out of the muslim’s duty.

Islam

Wenn Islam Gott ergeben heisst,
In Islam leben und sterben wir alle.

http://www.textlog.de/18090.html

If Islam means submission to God,
We all live and die in Islam.

http://www.themodernreligion.com/convert/convert_goethe.htm

Evolutionary Biologists give rebuttals of this claim. Flagellum is claimed as an Irreducible Complex (IC) system, but evidences are presented that it is not an IC system.

The assertion that cellular machines are irreducibly complex, and therefore provide proof of design, has not gone unnoticed by the scientific community. A number of detailed rebuttals have appeared in the literature, and many have pointed out the poor reasoning of recasting the classic argument from design in the modern language of biochemistry (Coyne 1996; Miller 1996; Depew 1998; Thornhill and Ussery 2000). I have suggested elsewhere that the scientific literature contains counter-examples to any assertion that evolution cannot explain biochemical complexity (Miller 1999, 147), and other workers have addressed the issue of how evolutionary mechanisms allow biological systems to increase in information content (Schneider 2000; Adami, Ofria, and Collier 2000).

http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/design2/article.html

Similarly, Doolittle describes that blood clotting is not an IC system.

In fact, Behe employs a variety of creationist arguments that have been abused in the past. Of all these, the “improbability argument” is the most fallacious and most misunderstood.  This statement follows upon some absurd arithmetic about possible combinations of shuffled units  …… Its major fallacy, however, lies in the presumption that some special combination must be achieved. When we play bridge, any specified hand is just as unlikely as a perfect hand. But someone wins every time, whether or not they have a perfect hand.

http://bostonreview.net/BR22.1/doolittle.html

As an analogy, Behe claimed that Mousetrap is an IC system. As a reply, McDonald designed mousetraps that can work with fewer parts.

To illustrate the concept of irreducibly complexity, Behe uses the common snap mousetrap. “If any one of the components of the mousetrap (the base, hammer, spring, catch, or holding bar) is removed, then the trap does not function. In other words, the simple little mousetrap has no ability to trap a mouse until several separate parts are all assembled. Because the mousetrap is necessarily composed of several parts, it is irreducibly complex.”

I wish to point out that the mousetrap that Behe uses as an analogy CAN be reduced in complexity and still function as a mousetrap. The mousetrap illustrates one of the fundamental flaws in the intelligent design argument: the fact that one person can’t imagine something doesn’t mean it is impossible, it may just mean that the person has a limited imagination.

http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/oldmousetrap.html

Behe  responded about McDonald’s idea that mousetrap can work after removal of some of its parts.

Darwinian scenarios, either for building mousetraps or biochemical systems, are very easy to believe if we aren’t willing or able to scrutinize the smallest details, or to ask for experimental evidence. They invite us to admire the intelligence of natural selection. But the intelligence we are admiring is our own.

http://www.arn.org/docs/behe/mb_mousetrapdefended.htm

McDonald too responded and gave an imaginary evolutionary path from a single wire to a full mousetrap.

Here I show how one could start with a single piece of spring wire, make an inefficient mousetrap, then through a series of modifications and additions of parts make better and better mousetraps, until the end result is the modern snap mousetrap. In addition to demonstrating that a mousetrap is not irreducibly complex, I also illustrate the most important objection to “irreducible complexity” as evidence for “intelligent design”: a part which may be optional at one stage of complexity may later become necessary due to modifications of some of the other parts.

http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/mousetrap.html

I am a creationist and an evolutionist. Evolution is God’s, or Nature’s method of creation. Creation is not an event that happened in 4004 BC; it is a process that began some 10 billion years ago and is still under way.

Another scientist is Kenneth Miller who had a lot of debates with creationists on scientific and religious basis. He wrote Finding Darwin’s God. He wrote:

If we accept a lack of scientific explanation as proof for God’s existence, simple logic would dictate that we would have to regard a successful scientific explanation as an argument against God. That’s why creationist reasoning, ultimately, is much more dangerous to religion than to science.   …………………………………

Evolution explains our biology, but it does not tell us what is good, or right, or moral. For those answers, however informed we may be by biology, we must look somewhere else.

مُردم از حیوانی و آدم شدم — پس چه ترسم کی ز مردم کم شدم

حملهء دیگر بمیرم از بشر — تا برآرم از ملایک بال و پر

وز ملک هم بایدم جستن ز جو — کل شییء هالک الاوجهه

بار دیگر از ملک پران شوم — آنچه اندر وهم ناید آن شوم

پس عدم گردم عدم چو ارغنون — گویدم کانا الیه راجعون

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?

Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar
With angels bless’d; but even from angelhood
I must pass on: all except God doth perish.
When I have sacrificed my angel-soul,
I shall become what no mind e’er conceived.
Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence
Proclaims in organ tones, To Him we shall return.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_ad-Din_Muhammad_Rumi#Philosophical_outlook