The ‘Splainer: Why does Islam ban images of the Prophet Muhammad?

Kimberly Winston

(RNS) On Wednesday (Jan. 7), 10 employees of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly, and two police officers were murdered by a band of masked gunmen who shouted “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great,” as they opened fire on the publication’s Paris newsroom. Among the dead were four cartoonists who provided the weekly with numerous cartoons depicting images of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

Islam prohibits images of the prophet. As the gunmen departed, one was heard to shout, “We avenged the Prophet Muhammad. We killed Charlie Hebdo.”

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