GI Joe
01-30-2006, 11:18 PM
Controversy over the publication of images depicting Mohammed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten has erupted into an international furor. While Muslim nations are calling for a boycott of Denmark, Europeans are divided as to whether they should stand up for Western principles of freedom of speech, or cave in to to self-censorship in the name of multiculturalism and fear.
While the debate rages, an important point has been overlooked: despite the 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.
This page is an archive of numerous depictions of Mohammed, to serve as a reminder that such imagery has been part of Western and Islamic culture since the Middle Ages -- and as a resource for those interested in freedom of expression.
The images have been divided into the following categories:
Book Illustrations
Medieval Paintings, Miniatures and Illuminations
Dante's Inferno
Modern Iranian Icons
French Book Covers
Various Eras
Contemporary Christian Drawings
Satirical Modern Cartoons
The Jyllands-Posten Cartoons
Animated TV Parodies
Here ya go
http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/
While the debate rages, an important point has been overlooked: despite the 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.
This page is an archive of numerous depictions of Mohammed, to serve as a reminder that such imagery has been part of Western and Islamic culture since the Middle Ages -- and as a resource for those interested in freedom of expression.
The images have been divided into the following categories:
Book Illustrations
Medieval Paintings, Miniatures and Illuminations
Dante's Inferno
Modern Iranian Icons
French Book Covers
Various Eras
Contemporary Christian Drawings
Satirical Modern Cartoons
The Jyllands-Posten Cartoons
Animated TV Parodies
Here ya go
http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/