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Happy Sixth Everybody Draw Muhammad Day! (Original Post) mr blur May 2015 OP
Not so friendly nil desperandum May 2015 #1
Funny... NeoGreen May 2015 #2
I don't know, Muhammad don't like that shit being done, the, pictures and stuff. Hoppy May 2015 #3
Here's mine: Arugula Latte May 2015 #4
+9001 (nt) LostOne4Ever May 2015 #5
Excellent! progressoid May 2015 #6
I had the exact same thought, but could not execute it so well :) [n/t] cdogzilla May 2015 #7
Thanks, and of course I TOTALLY drew that myself and did not under any Arugula Latte May 2015 #9
Now that you bring it up.... Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #13
the no images thing isn't part of islam Lordquinton May 2015 #8
In honour of the first: beam me up scottie May 2015 #10
Al-Awlaki was an American citizen. onager May 2015 #11
But it's not his religion, onager, it's just his own interpretation. beam me up scottie May 2015 #12

NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
2. Funny...
Wed May 20, 2015, 12:02 PM
May 2015

...I had started to build a file to post something similar, my initial renderings are posted below:

My Representations of Mo:










 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
9. Thanks, and of course I TOTALLY drew that myself and did not under any
Wed May 20, 2015, 08:08 PM
May 2015

circumstances just Google "drawing of Muhammad Ali" and post one of the results here. No sirree Bob!

Welcome to DU, by the way!

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
13. Now that you bring it up....
Fri May 29, 2015, 12:51 PM
May 2015

You can't draw pictures of the man, but you can name your kids after him.

Okie dokie.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
8. the no images thing isn't part of islam
Wed May 20, 2015, 03:26 PM
May 2015

They just incorporated it from the Greek iconaclasts. Luke with female circumcision it's something that is practiced but not offical, so something something atheist scumbag

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
10. In honour of the first:
Thu May 28, 2015, 08:07 PM
May 2015
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day (or "Draw Mohammed Day&quot was an event held on May 20, 2010, in support of free speech and freedom of artistic expression of those threatened with violence for drawing representations of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It began as a protest against censorship of an American television show, South Park, "201" by its distributor, Comedy Central, in response to death threats against some of those responsible for two segments broadcast in April 2010. Observance of the day began with a drawing posted on the Internet on April 20, 2010, accompanied by text suggesting that "everybody" create a drawing representing Muhammad, on May 20, 2010, as a protest against efforts to limit freedom of speech.

U.S. cartoonist Molly Norris of Seattle, Washington, created the artwork in reaction to Internet death threats that had been made against animators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for depicting Muhammad in an episode of South Park.

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Threat on Molly Norris's life, forced into hiding[edit]

On July 11, 2010, it was reported that the late Yemeni-American al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki had put Molly Norris on a hitlist. In the English version of the al-Qaeda magazine Inspire, Al-Awlaki wrote, "The medicine prescribed by the Messenger of Allah is the execution of those involved," and was quoted as saying,

The large number of participants makes it easier for us because there are more targets to choose from in addition to the difficulty of the government offering all of them special protection ... But even then our campaign should not be limited to only those who are active participants.

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The threat against Norris appeared to be renewed when Al Qaeda's Inspire included her in its March 2013 edition with eleven others in a pictorial spread entitled "Wanted: Dead or Alive for Crimes Against Islam," and captioned, "Yes We Can: A Bullet A Day Keeps the Infidel Away."[149][150] The cartoonist Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier was also added to Al-Qaeda's most wanted list, along with Lars Vilks and three Jyllands-Posten staff members: Kurt Westergaard, Carsten Juste, and Flemming Rose.[151][152][153]

As of 2015, Norris is still in hiding and jihadist threats against her life continue.[154] She has been forced to seek safety from jihadist threats by abandoning her career, her friends, and her community. [155]







onager

(9,356 posts)
11. Al-Awlaki was an American citizen.
Thu May 28, 2015, 11:48 PM
May 2015

Born in New Mexico. Issued his last fatwa no later than Sept. 2011, when he was vaporized in a drone strike.

How that happened is pretty damn funny and worth a Google or two. Al-Awlaki put out a request for a submissive new Muslim wife and specified that she must be a cute blonde.

A disciple found just the woman for him, an attractive Croatian woman. But the disciple was working for the CIA, who had the blushing bride wired. As somebody wrote, the whole story was "like a James Bond movie written by the Coen brothers."

My sympathy is reserved for Molly Norris and his other victims, who continue to suffer for al-Awlaki's Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
12. But it's not his religion, onager, it's just his own interpretation.
Fri May 29, 2015, 12:30 AM
May 2015

We all know that religion isn't the motivation for horrific crimes, even when the religious people committing the crimes say it is.

No tears for Al-Awkaki from me, the world is a better place without him.


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