How secure is your faith if it is threatened by a cartoon?

[tarmle]

Perhaps such religions should register their significant figures as trademarks.

Ironically, raising your voice against the presentation of an idea that you find offensive, or even illegal, is the best way to guarantee its fastest and furthest dissemination. Hence Don Stewart, the 'VW Bug' artist, could not have bought a better promotion package

Comments

[nelc]

But Muhammad doesn't have an image, that's the point, so it can't be trademarked. The only reason anyone knows that the drawing of a semitic gentleman with a bomb for a turban is him, is because he was labelled that way.

I thought of two art projects I'd like to do. The first would be a biopic of Muhammad, with no actor for his role. That is, there would be no Mohammad, just the other actors acting as though there was a character there. Undecided as to whether he should be voiceless as well.

The second would be portraits of a diverse range of people, all ages, all races, both sexes. Each picture would be titled "Muhammad".

They'd be a kind of exploration of the nature of blasphemy. Too bad I haven't got the moxie to carry it through.

[tarmle]

The comedy value of an invisible prophet in any religion may be hard to resist.