The true defenders of Jesus, Muslims

protest along with their Christian brothers and sisters in Pakistan. The Islamic country bans Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code:

Excerpts from the BBC:

 

Pakistan bans Da Vinci Code film

Pakistani Christians have held demonstrations against the film Pakistan has banned The Da Vinci Code, which has been the subject of protests from members of Pakistan's small Christian community. Culture Minister Ghulam Jamal said the film was blasphemous. The screen adaptation of Dan Brown's book revolves around the theory that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and their descendants survive today. Mr. Jamal said: "Islam teaches us to respect all the prophets of Allah Almighty and degradation of any prophet is tantamount to defamation of the rest," the official Associated Press of Pakistan news agency reported. Christian protestors have been supported by the country's six-party Islamic alliance, the MMA. "Something" on the Western Christians!

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Annie,

Firstly, that pic has a lot to say. Look at the Pakistani Christians who protested and demonstrated. They did naturally come out on the streets. Muslims in Pakistan also objected and supported the Christians too. 

Here is another thing which a Westerner cannot be able to grasp. The oriental Christians just could not take it. They felt bad and protested, perhaps because of their extreme devotion to Jesus. Please note that all the Pakistani Christian ladies are in Hijaab.  No one forces them to don that.

Secondly, to your response:

"The Book is a work of fiction."

I don't agree with that. Dan Brown is a brilliant man and the part that he wrote about Jesus cannot be discarded as a fiction. Mary Magdala was no fiction. She was real. 

"Although we know that Jesus was unmarried and had no children, it is not blasphemy to consider the possibility that he was."

As an educated person, I would tend to agree with you here. We know that we have no proof that he was married but it is good to know that he might have been married to Mary Magdala and could have had children. There was nothing wrong in that.

BMZ

BMZP I suggest you look at my comment in the General section under Salman's topic regarding Pakistan's Ban on the Da Vinci Code you can get a Muslim's perspective on it. Oh wait, does me being a western count as a Muslims opinion?

bmzsp wrote: We know that we have no proof that he was married but it is good to know that he might have been married to Mary Magdala and could have had children.

As much as I know the book is fiction, there is proof that Jesus did not marry Mary. I did post a rather long post last week, a transcript.

And there is one very good point (actuall a few) that struck me and I'm sure it would with you too