Islamic Awareness Week at Southern ...

Islamic Awareness Week at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville last week came at a time when many family are already painfully aware of Islam, thanks to attests riots and outrage around the world across published caricatures of the prophet Mohammad.

further in a Thursday night session entitled, "Misconceptions of Islam," Brother Mustafa, an Islamic scholar from St Louis, said the rioters are not acting in an Islamic manner.

In Islam, you "are not permitted to make any images of anyone, flat animals, or actually anything with a soul" Mustafa said. "It was disrespectful of the prophet."

unless the protests and destruction are not the way godly Muslims should respond, he said.

"Burning is not the correct answer," he said. "Don't purchase the newspapers that print it. Make your viewpoint known on the other hand don't punish innocent people simply because they have Danish products"

The awareness week was sponsored from the Muslims ...