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Date: 03 February 2006 16:18:41
Can you believe that a couple of cartoons could cause so much trouble? Its not that muslims don't have a sense of humour. What they don't have is the iconoclastic tastes of other religions.
Its not just Mohammed that's out of bounds but any living thing. This has always made me grin when you see pictures of them parading paintings/pictures of their religious or political leaders. Yet Mohammed is a sacred image that they believe should never be reproduced.
Where would western culture be without pictures of Jesus, Mary and the saints? Where would Buddhists be without huge statues of the man himself? Hindus without pictures of Shiva et al?
Is the reproduction of a religious figure idolatrous?
In my view its fine so long as it does not get in the way of your faith.
If anyone knows could they please tell me what the cartoons say...