Muhammed Caricatures
UPDATE Feb 13, 2006: HAMSHAHRI HOLOCAUST CARTOONS HERE
UPDATE Feb 4, 2006: MUSLIM RESPONSE IS HERE
Here is a permanent home for the 12 Muhammed caricatures that were printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten. If you don’t have a sense of humor then leave. They are just cartoons and nothing more. Comments will be enabled on here so please feel free to leave them. Keep it civil and please don’t storm my website with RPGs and machine guns. Oh, flag burning is unacceptable aswell. But feel free to boycot my site as that is a peaceful means of protest.
UPDATE Feb 13, 2006: HAMSHAHRI HOLOCAUST CARTOONS HERE
[...] UPDATE: Complete list of pictures is available here [...]
There is no freedom of expression within the Islamic religion. Do we have to pay the cost for our freedoms not to express our opinions or ideas?
Thankyou very much for providing this site to illustrate what all the so-called ‘fuss’ is all about.
Heilige!
Douglas P.
If I could draw I would add some more cartoons.
Its obvious that the muslim world could care less what happens to anyone outside of their religion. Look how they hate Jews Christians and anything “Western”. One little cartoon and theyre ready for an all out holy war and theyre ready to take it out on anyone western who is close and convieniently available for a good old fashioned kidnapping. They are not at war but they are looking for any excuse to have one. So many of them think that we are out to get them that the Islamic media feeds on it like American media feeds on sensationalism. Even the so called “moderate” muslim countries such as Egypt had stories talking about how we have infested the heart of the arab world with our troops and they should do what they can to retaliate. It incites the very violence that caused 9/11. Im tired of this crap. Its gonna get a lot worse before it gets any better. If they want their holy war then lets give it to them with a heavy hand like the world has never seen. In the immortal words of that famous boxing ring announcer, I say to all muslim radical idiots out there “Lets Get It On” !!
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This ridicilous, it is not about freedom of speech but a humiliation of a religion that is believed by about 1.8 “BILLION” muslims around the world. Very disgusting and unacceptable attack to a religion with an obvious hatred and bias
i agree with #7 to an extent. some others, like #5, merely worry me. hopefully we won’t have people like that in power.
this was never about freedom of speech or expression, even though that is what jyllands posten claimed. most of us would agree that newspapers should have the right to publish what they wish (although, to be fair, that could potentially give you years in prison in countries like australia with their new anti-sedition laws. not for printing mohammed caricatures mind you, but for criticising the government). that, however, does not change the fact that this was an extremely disrespectful way of making a point. that they should have the right to publish something like this does not mean that they should even take it into consideration!
furthermore, the point made that islam is a violent religion is misguided – true, the koran does justify it at times. but so does our own holy book – the old testament gives us premission, nay orders us to kill for the most absurd reasons. and whether or not we do so in the name of God and religion, we in the christian part of the world are responsible for many more deaths than muslims ever will be. and we are, of course, in the priveliged position where, as far more powerful, we can always justify our own wrong-doings by officially declaring ‘war’, something not possible for a smaller muslim country since the outcome is never in much doubt.
this is by no means in defense of terrorism, but it is important to remember, nevertheless, that the 5000 or so who died at 9/11 were relatively few in comparison to the ca one million children who starved to death as a direct result of the first gulf war.
getting slightly off the point here. freedom of speech good, caricatures extremely bad judgement. respect to those cartoonist who used the opportunity to portray mohammed honestly but without insulting anyone.
Well done. They burn our flags, call our daughters whores and generally talk down on our culture and way of life, without us saying a word. Yet a small cartoon has them threatening our lives??? FUCK THEM ALL i say.
What would the world say if Christians in the United States took up arms in the streets and stormed the Iraq or Iran or Syrian embassies, pushing past guards, attempting to gain access to the dignitaries, ripped down their flag and burned it in the street as was done in Indonesia? They would be considered animals. Without a doubt the government would come down on them so fast, have them locked up so quick, that there may be a few churches on come Sunday morning. (Mind you no one gets locked up for burning the American Flag!)
Do they do this else where in an attempt to maintain peace and calm within the Islamic nations? No. They speak of how Islam is a religion of peace, which I believe deep down, is true, but the clerics do nothing to stop the violence. Pat Robertson’s crazy ass (let’s call him a Christian extremist for sake of argument) says someone is paying for their sins and America is forced to apologize, yet Islamic extremists regularly kidnap, torture, kill, all in international view and their governments do NOTHING.
I am not a religious man, so I find myself shocked that I am writing this but here goes…
America is built on freedom for all and acceptance of all, but when I am told I can’t say “under God†in the Pledge of Allegiance, or I can’t say a morning prayer (or told to at least be discreet) in my workplace but a Muslim can throw down the prayer rug 6 times a day, what am I to think. Why is it that a spirited debate between a Christian and Muslim in this country is considered as hatred toward the Muslim, a lack of understanding and acceptance from the Christian? Why is it that I have to change my life, respect their ways, and they are allowed to figuratively spit in my face, and I have to accept it.
Again, I am in no way preaching one religion over another or in any way saying the violence solves anything, but I think if Christians around the world were to start doing to Muslims what they are BEING ALLOWED to do to the “infidelsâ€, if some Christian extremists who actually do something rather that talk about it were to pop up, the climate of the world would change so fast we wouldn’t know what happened. Governments need to stand up around the world and quit apologizing to Muslims because they got they feelings hurt. You don’t see this kind of outrage when somebody makes fun Jesus or Abraham. You don’t see this kind of outrage when somebody makes fun of the Scientologists or their L Ron Hubbard. You don’t see this kind of outrage when people make of the Rastafarians smokin’ weed all day. Welcome to the world Islamic community, enjoy it and embrace it. We don’t hate you, but you have some serious housecleaning you need to do.
I only hope that we can free ourselves of our dependency on their oil. Once we do this we don’t need to involve our selves in their lives. Let them kill each other the way they have done since the beginning of time and we will not have to think about that hell-hole of a region.
is freedom of speech humiliating a prophet?
some of you perphaps don’t know, I think,it is a must to believe all prophets and holy books in order to be Muslim.in this way Muslim believes and respects Jesus and Moses as much Muhammed(pbuh(peace be upon him)).if you search the meaning of Islam, you see peace. in Holy Quran Allah says “killing a person equals to killing all human being”.so it is forbidden.and terrorists are not the martyrs.all the things terrorists do under the name of Islam are not acceptable in Islam. theya are the people who dont understand Islam.but please if you have some question marks in your mind you about Islam should read Holy Quran.then criticize.do you know that Caliph Ali is chosen after Muhammed had died.and i think it is called freedom of speech.because there was an election
I’m from Bosnia and I know what you’re talking about. You see, for muslims, it’s far worse to make fun of Mohammad “the great prophet” than cutting of “non-believer”‘s heads with a knife. It’s just the way they are and everyone should know that.
This whole story is unbelievable. We constantly put ourselves in harms way for freedom’s name and are bashed by the Europeans. Yet some European countries decide to exercise their rights and we have to come to thier aid. Where are they in support of a free Iraq? I may not like the way the war is being handled, but there is a mission to accomplish, and we will succeed.
As for the extremists in the middle east, I thought the cartoon on heaven running out of virgins was HILARIOUS!!! Get a sense of humor.
I am sorry but I can not help saying “You guys suck!”
You all know that in order to have an opinion about a topic, one has to have knowledge about it.
Who has read the history of Islam? Who has read the life of the holy Muhammed from different sources?
Ones who just know to spit silly words about Muhammed or Islam should go to a well-known library and ask help from the librarian.
You guys (the ones who do not know anything but can not help preaching) think that those ugly being( I mean suicide bombers) are muslim. True lovers of Muhammed. They suck. They use Islam for their sake. So you think that every muslim is like them.
You guys heard about Mevlana Celladdin Rumi? If you want to learn even abit about Islam, take your time and read him. It is just a google search far from you.
So at the end, I beg pardon from the holy Muhammed about cursing you, because I could not help after reading your comments. I do not want to ashame him for just a silly issue.
May peace and happiness be all upon you guys.
Make fun of Jesus – nothing happends
Make fun of Muhammed – get killed
Make fun of Buddah – nothing happends
Did some message get lost on the way? Don’t they all like .. want peace on earth?
I found this site on Google and when i read the comments i was really shocked.I can not believe you guys think humiliating a religion is a sort of freedom.The terrorists that kills innocent are not Muslim.They are just using Islam for their sake.Just read the Quran and see it.In Islam all of the prophets are respected.There is part of Quran about Jesus and Moses that tells how holy they are.I’m sorry but just f.uck off! Go get some knowledge about Islam before talking like that! How many REAL Muslims you know? Please respect our religion as we -the REAL Muslims- respect yours.
May the God’s forgiveness upon you.
Muslim do not need to worry about this cartoons, One cartoon will not reduce the greatness of Mohammed. An you will find so many people with the name of Mohammed in Jails for various crimes. if all think like this way, all Mohammed should be released from Jails. And it is important that Muslims has to condemn all violence done by Islimist terrorists, this will help the world to stand against this type of cartoons.
Thank you, I have been reading and hearing about these “inflamitory” cartoons for a bit now and am glad to be able to judge them for myself. If caroons are all it takes to inflame such hatred and passion, the strength of their faith truly must be quite weak, wether it be Muslim or any other faith.
I for one would be more insulted and inflamed by the men (majority are men) who violently impose their view of Islam upon the world by bombing, murders and other acts that cause as much harm to fellow Muslims as “infedels”. But thats just me a western Heathen.
The barbaric crimes against the Arab peoples and Islam by the U.S. and Israel are not a carte blanche for barbarism in return. Murder is not resistance. And it won’t win you any converts.
if only the crusades had been more successful
Just to make it clear; the fundamentals of Christianity does not preach killing and violence in any way shape or form. The crusades were not Christian but were done in the name of religion. Big difference. The fundamentals of Islam have great violence and evil within its basic doctrine. Mohammad was the original Islamic terrorist. He had no problem, along with other evils, in wiping out a whole tribe of innocent Jews in Medina. Of course to a Muslim there is no such thing as an innocent Jew.
The crusades have never been successful ignorant. oh, If we do not mention the looting of Byzantine Constantinople with the pretext of helping it. Besides I didn’t know there are such a great amount or people in West abhoring Islam. Culprits are not the religions and the prophets; the real culprits are the ones who misinterpret and abuse them. Namely the living mortals. Not the ones who lived 1400 years ago.
If the terrorists are not “real” Muslims and do respect what the Quran say, then why don’t the countries that govern themselves according to Islamic law tolerate it and allow it to occur. They will stone thier daughters for premarital sex but will not do everything within thier power to stop the terrorist’s blashpemy of Islam and the prophet Muhammed.
SKIP 23: should have said…
If the terrorists are not “real†Muslims and do not respect what the Quran says, then why do the countries that govern themselves according to Islamic law tolerate it and allow it to occur. They will stone thier daughters for premarital sex but will not do everything within thier power to stop the terrorist’s blashpemy of Islam and the prophet Muhammed.
Seeing the very big misunderstanding of Islam among the Westerns is so pitiful. I cannot understand who teached you those nonsenses. Islam is just a religion that orders its believers to be good, to love and help others; and not to lie, not to steal, NOT TO KILL. Every one who says I am Muslim cannot represent the whole Islam. We are all the humans and must understand each other right. We cannot reach anywhere with the antiquated quarrels.
>>Seeing the very big misunderstanding of Islam >>among the Westerns is so pitiful. I cannot >>understand who teached you those nonsenses.
I understand that it teaches not to kill, love and peace, etc, as does every religion known mankind. Westerners, while many ignorant of the story of Muhammed, are only asking why is that the governments of the countries where this activity takes place stand up. How about the formation of a group of Muslims to stand up and speak out against those who ruin the image of a loving religion in the eyes of the world. Not the destruction of an embassy of a country who won’t say I’m sorry for something they had nothing to do with. The world view, not only Westerners, is a sense of two-faced betrayal. Example: Iranian president can say all Jews must die in the name of Islam and no one, no other Islamic nation or Islamic group, true to the faith will step up, loudly and proudly, and say he is wrong.
They are funny cartoons! I would like to se more of them! And the fact that people, sorry I meant muslims, are getting furious about it makes it hilarious. What a sad sad sense of humour they have. Pittyful.
Yes, I agree Iranian president is wrong. But no one can say the deeds of Israelis or Americans are not wrong. The are all occupiers. I am sure you know something about Zionism. How did they come to Palestinian soil? How did UK and USA help them over and over. Constantly remembering the past. I did it too unfortunately. OK. For just one moment let us accept all you say is right. Does that give someone the right to revile others’ belief? Is insult a part or form of criticism?
this is too many for a myth.just too many
hz. isa çizilirken komikti, ateistler çizilirken komikti, buda çizilirken komikti, öyle değil mi! şimdi hz. muhammed çizince dünya çalkalandı, tüm müslümanlar ayaklandı, bazıları örnek olmaları gerekirken, kendilerini güzelce ifade edip, o çok güzel ahlaklarını göstermeleri gerekirken akla hayale sığmaz küfürler etti. çizerlerin ateşlerde yanacakları söylendi kimileri tarafından, hz. muhammed e saygı gösterilmesi gerektiği yazıldığı pankartlara; oysa bilmiyorlardı ki saygı istiyorlarsa saygı gösterilecek davranışlar sergilemelilerdi ilk önce. ben bu karikatürleri gayet doğal buluyorum, çizen de güzel çizmiş vesselam.
muslumanlar ne zaman bu yobazliktan kurtulacak acaba? onun hikayesi ayri bir mitoloji olur heralde.aman ne dedim ben kiyamet kopacak.
To all you Muslims out there, I have a question: is Saddam Hussein a “real” Muslim? According to previous posts by apparent Islamic believers, I conclude he isn’t because of the murdering and assassinations he has performed or approved. According to one such post, “If you search the meaning of Islam, you see peace. in Holy Quran Allah says “killing a person equals to killing all human beingâ€.” But I bet Saddam would swear on his life that he is a Muslim. Who is correct? Even further, the Qur’an has passages that firmly state to kill (non-believers). How is this unlike what Saddam has done? For example, chapter 4, verse 89 states: “They desire that you should disbelieve as they have disbelieved, so that you might be (all) alike; therefore take not from among them friends until they fly (their homes) in Allah’s way; but if they turn back, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them, and take not from among them a friend or a helper.” So how can you Muslims say Islam promotes peace if violence is there black and white in the Qur’an?
before you publish this kind of a caricature you should ask an advisor how would muslim world accept ? the answer is simple we dont. so why to push 2 billion people feelings and beliefs ? no need is it a freedom of media no this is just a caricature but it is a humiliating one. it is better not to play with fire. there will be some believers will not accept it easily and then it is all muslims that are guilty .
In a civilized world freedom of speech should not be a guise for ridicule and blatent belittlement of a religious fugure. If lines are blured the essence of freedom of speech itself is denograted and abused for ulterior motives. This only saws the seeds of mistrust, contempt and suspicision.
For the sake of decency a line must be drawn.
SEREFZILER SIZI
I just have one question. What’s the big idea? There is so much to joke, write, and laugh about. I mean, lets get one thing straight, no one can deny that those cartoons are insulting to the person inside them (in that case prophet Muhammad). I’m not a radical Muslim, nor am I going to storm the EU with an RPG, but I still don’t see why this cartoonist chose this topic. I mean what did he expect? (how many smiles, at the cost of how many frowns) and even worse, what did those Norwegians expect, when they republished those cartoons, in support of “the freedom of pressâ€! Come on people lets look at this issue as mature adults, for one minute. We all know this is a sensitive issue, after all we are talking about a religion here (Throughout history it was also religion that shaped the borders, and created most of the conflicts we faced through time). Ok, I, a Muslim, have to admit that due to educational limitations, among other things, some radical Muslims get carried away (I know most of you are going like, yeah right “someâ€, but actually radical Muslims are only a tiny faction of the 1.8billion, if you come to thing of it). Anyway back to my point, why did those Norwegians choose to advocate the freedom of press, through this stupid way. I mean there are so many other obvious, and easier ways that portray the repression of freedom of press in the Muslim world. Why choose this sensitive issue, a religion, and a PROPHET to convey that message? I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE FREEDOM OF PRESS, but do NOT support the way some westerns have chosen to promote it today. I personally think Confucius would agree with me here, this is a classical case of killing a mosquito with a canon.
Hey Muslims ! ..
Don´t tuch our freedom.
My Grandfader and his fader had to fight for the freedom to speak and write. Some of them gave there lives for the the freedom we have in Europe… You – Muslims tell us not to use, this most important groundstone in our own papers ?? In our homecontries ??
Who the hell do you think you are ?
What you think and write and do in you own contry is your own busines. Don´t tell us what to do or not to do.
Do we have step on the barricades and figt for our right once again ??
Piss off..
Hey Peter, could you please tell me what would you do if someone stood up and said:
“We, as Asian people (or at least my ancestors in Asia), have been fighting for ‘freedom of speech” in China. And we think that we are free to say that this guy called “peter” is a jack.ss dumb and jerky b.stard. I know that he’ll get angry with me when he hears these, but I do have the right to say these in my country (as well as the to record and post them on the web)! He can’t prevent me from talking (the way I want). Hey, who the hell is he? What? You wanna limit my freedom ha? F..k you Peter!”
I know that neither you nor your fellow citizens have sworn to Prophet Mohammed (p.b.u.h.). But these caricatures are percieved as offensive as swearwords because muslims love their prophet much more than themselves. According to them, these the caricature stuff simply is “blasphemy”.
Please think about this for a second and do not take it personal! I wrote the quote to ease your empathy. May the world be more peaceful and beneficent for all. Sincerely…
God is a white senior citizen in the sky, with a never receding hairline, and a white beard. The lenght of the beard always differs a bit though, probably depending on the artists idea of God. Is it God according to the Old Testament? Is it a less judgemental God? Maybe a trimmed version? Most children, directors or illustrators delivers the God we know, based on an image delivered through centuries. Still a white beard hanging from a white face. And then there is Jesus, getting more pale every year. As pale as a palestinian in january. His hair and beard as blond as a miracle itself, unless God was an immigrant. Where is the difference in drawing the Kabaa through the eyes of the Prophet Muhammad instead of drawing The Prophet in front of it, preaching the Word of God? Does the Word of God loose importance if Muhammed, Prophet of God, expressed his sceptisism towards personified portraits in Hadith? That Muhammed was an arab, wearing a black beard, is now beyond doubt. Nonetheless, Allah is still gender- and colorless, if we are able to see beyond his white beard. Thank God.
Muslims are empassioned by these caricatures? Seems misdirected. I would rather they concentrate on doing something with positive eternal consequences like converting to followers of Christ. If not, they will unfortunately spend eternity in hell and none of this matters there.
What the heck!I would probably flunk at the gate anyway, not knowing who to suck up to
rose denilen salak senin gibi fahiseler ancak boyle dusunur .. sen gotunude siktiriyorsundur bu serefsizlere ….
Dear Tolga, your lovely apparently turkish comments are at least as poetic to look as as any of the names man gave God. Looks good, and the rest is up to the believer
If the world’s one billion plus
muslims only knew that they were the descendents of Christian and Jewish men who were slaughtered and often beheaded, of women who were forced into harems as slaves or polygamist marriages, of ancestors torn from their Christian parents as children, indoctrinated by their murderous kidnappers, would these millions of muslims across North Africa, Asia Minor, and much of the Middle East, really rally to defend a caricature of their evil prophet? Those who defend him are the ignorant ones. They are afraid to look at their own history or the history of this man’s legacy. In the West we fear public opinion. In the Muslim world seeking,speaking, and following the truth will cost you your life.
You folks must be one of the followings.
1. Ignorants
2. Mad people
3. You have free time or don’t know what to do with your time.
4. Cursed ones.
Stop talking about the holy name of “freedom”. Why don’t you morans talk about Laws of a jungle.
May you pay the price of these types of nonsense both in this life and the Hereafter.
I think It will break our relationship between moslem and none moslem. Why?
Enough heat and all that sand will turn to glass. Just brush it off and start over.
-Fred
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You folks must be one of the followings.
1. Ignorants
2. Mad people
3. You have free time or don’t know what to do with your time.
4. Cursed ones.
Stop talking about the holy name of “freedomâ€. Why don’t you morans talk about Laws of a jungle.
May you pay the price of these types of nonsense both in this life and the Hereafter.
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Hahahaha!!! What a looooooser !!!!!
Hello so cool ..
Your so wrong.. I don´t hate you..
Probably like a lot if we met.. and I´m happy for you that you feel free to write “we think that we are free to say that this guy called “peter†is a jack.ss dumb and jerky b.stard….
That´s the point with “Freedom od spech”
In my country Sweden our law was founded in 1800 and reewritten in 1947.
This is the laws that my ancestors fougt for.
Everybody are free to write and print what they whant as long as we keep in the limits of the law.
Papers / magazinses has a publisher that are responsible for this, who can be put behind bars if they publish somthing that is aginst the law.
The point is .. there is no law against writing
Muhammed caricatures.. or any caricature…
So if you are offended .. that´s your business .. not mine.
In Sweden/Denmark the law is prior to religion..
And if sombody tell us what to publish or not publish .. he is the one who is breaking the law. Is difficult to understand ?
That´s freedom for me..
Peace
[...] William F. Buckley putting the recent controversy surrounding the publication of caricatures of Muhammed into perspective: Iconoclastic expressions in America are broadly condemned as being in bad taste. However, there is certainly freedom in America to deride Christ. This is done every day on Broadway, and every other day in Hollywood. Americans do not take up arms in protest. Derisory material at the expense of Jews is permitted only if the executioner is a Jewish comedian. [...]
Most of the non-Muslim westerners have a psychosis, the islamophobia. The caricatures is an offspring of that psychosis and an action against not only to the holy Prophet Muhammad (pboh),but against the ‘holy’,in Greek language ‘ΙΕΡΟΒ.Most of the westerners they have loose any reverence for the Life,for God,for the humanfellows. There is not any problem with the freedom of speech or thought because all the Muslims are against the attack of a lot of ‘Christian’ origin newspapers and magazines against Prophet Muhammad (pboh),this is a pseudodilemma.The Muslims and other Christians,such as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomaeus,we support the sence of the ‘HOLY’ in our everydaylife and ofcourse we support the human rights and the right of the freedom of speech and of the thought.