Innocence of Muslims - a worst movie but a big hit

Today I saw this movie or part of the movie called 'Innocence of Muslims' made by someone called Sam Bacile (I don't even know who this guy is and if he has made any other movie before). The quality and content of this movie are pathetic. The movie (actually it doesn't even deserve to be addressed as a movie) is very poorly filmed, edited, and scripted. The movie was made with only one intention that is to create a disturbance and uproar in Islamic countries and Muslim communities. Guess what, people didn't disappoint the maker of this movie at all. I think even the maker himself would not have imagined that his movie would attract this much attention and people would take it so seriously. There were many protests, riots, and damage to public property and also there was the assassination of a US diplomat just because of this one video clip. Sounds so unreal and filmy, but its reality. People made this video so successful that I am sure many more will come like this after all who don't want to become successful and famous, that too with so little effort. So this crappy video is a big HIT now, bigger than any Hindi movie or Hollywood blockbuster.

As I said almost all religions claim that they teach love and compassion, but very seldom do we see these qualities in their followers when their religion is criticized or even if someone points out some uncomfortable facts from history. This is true for every major organized religion, I am not only talking about Islam or Hinduism here (two major religions of India), there are no exceptions. When religion is criticized, its followers suddenly forget all teachings from their books, gurus, messengers, or prophets and indulge in violent protests, vandalism, and riots in the name of protecting their religion. I don't understand how one can protect his/her own religion by killing others. This massacre in the name of religion has been going on for centuries. People are killing each other in the name of protecting their religion but even after so much killing, no one could wipe out any religion from this earth, rather more and more messengers and prophets were born and more religions were created. All this violence only bred more sects, religions, and factions within that religion. There was another news also where at least 6 people (including 2 minors) were killed in Ghaziabad (a town in UP, India), this happened after the violence that followed the alleged desecration of the holy Quran. Six people died because someone did something to a book? This doesn't make any sense to me, no matter what book that was, be it the Bhagavad Gita, Quran, Bible, or something else. Also, how someone can insult a book? Once a person buys any book it is his/her property and they can read it, throw it, or burn it, how does it matter? And after killing so many people what good it did to that book or religion? Can anyone explain that? This is totally insane, isn't it?

I don't know if people see something wrong in their violent reactions, on one side they believe that there is some powerful, super controlling entity who created this world and also manages it, and on the other side, they kill each other, destroy their creator's creations and that too in name of protecting that all-powerful creator? Doesn't make any sense? This is true with all major religions, not only for any particular religion. There are so many ways to protest or to register your disagreement but for some reason, they prefer only violence. It's quite natural to get upset to see something that you don't like or not to feel comfortable with things that hurt your feelings but you won't kill people just because of some unpleasant comments against your beliefs or over disagreement. I don't know when people will realize this. Organized religion has disappointed me big time. It failed miserably in spreading peace in the world. I think we need something like science where people can disagree freely with each other but still work peacefully towards the fulfillment of some common great goal which is to serve humanity and the planet. I know many people won't agree with this and will give many reasons for the need for religion but then they should also be able to tell me when this mad violence in the name of religion and its protection will stop? If something is not working it's better to dump it and search for an alternative rather than waiting for that thing to fix itself, that to when we know that it can't fix itself. Unless we all understand this basic problem with our approach towards our religions and their symbols, videos like this will come out and will become a big hit and will kill many more. Many books, articles, or cartoons will be published which can cause riots and we all will be watching helplessly like this and wondering whether this madness will stop at all or not. The decision is in our hands.

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References:
1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/6-killed-in-Ghaziabad-unrest/articleshow/16415461.cms