Image of Muhammad
Danish author Kåre Bluitgen had difficulties in getting artists to illustrate his book about Muhammad due to fear of reprisals from Islamic extremists. Jyllandsposten, Denmark's largest newspaper, responded by asking 40 illustrators to make drawings of Muhammad, and published twelve in this Saturday's edition. Not all of them were good, but here's the best one, made by Kurt Westergaard. Thanks to Danish blog Uriasposten for the link.
posted by Unknown @ 3:09 PM
4 Comments:
Looks like how I think Muhammad would look!
I hope "Kurt Westergaard" is a fake name! Otherwise, the artist is not long for this earth.
Another Theo van Gogh would probably cement the Danish impression of Muslims as savages, and lead to pressures for them to leave. Attacking the artist would be one of the most self-defeating things they could do.
Looks to me more like a Sikh than a muslim but the fizzing bomb is a nice touch.
Something I haven't yet seen mentioned in the MSM is that the London-based Irish artist/gay activist Billy Quinn has been forced into hiding because of death threats from muslims who took offence at some images on his website. There are a couple of Mapplethorpe-like extreme gay images on the site but I don't know if that's what got them riled or something more specifically related to their religion. Most likely the latter.
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