While the debate rages, an important point has been overlooked: despite the supposed Islamic prohibition against depicting Mohammed under any circumstances, hundreds of paintings, drawings and other images of Mohammed have been created over the centuries, with nary a word of complaint from the Muslim world. The recent cartoons in Jyllands-Posten are nothing new; it's just that no other images of Mohammed have ever been so widely publicized.
February 11, 2006
Mohammed in Islamic Art
Click here to view a comprehensive of images of Mohammed in Islamic Art through the ages. From the Mohammed Image Archive site:
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