The treachery of images

[jurph]

The creation of images of Muhammad (pbuh) is against a subset of Islamic teachings from the Hadith, but is not a general prohibition. Sunnis, particularly fundamentalist Sunnis, believe that it is improper to create a physical representation of the prophet. You might compare this to fundamentalist evangelicals in the American South, who believe

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[listless_autumn]

hi, juruph.

In bad taste

[flaggerx]

Frankly, I've never for a secong believed the Islamic argument that "You'd do it too." Sure we'd get mildly pissed and Fred Phelps might come picket but we're westerers. If we firebombed things that pissed us of the creators of South Park would have joined Jimmy Hoffa long ago.

To put proof to the lie an Israeli cartoonist has started his own anti-Semetic car. One of the cartoons (peneed by a Jewish Israeli) has two guys talking asking, "How much space does it take to hold six million Jews" Reply, "One ashtray".

They may not like what we do in the West but they don't get to tell us what to do. Peaceful protests would have been understandable and appropriate. The reaction that followed owes far more to a toddler's tantrum than anything else.