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Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History
Controversy over the publication of images depicting
Mohammed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten has erupted into an international furor. While Muslims
worldwide have called for a boycott of Denmark and any other nation whose press reprints the cartoons,
Europeans are trying to stand up for Western principles of freedom of speech and not cave in to self-censorship
in the name of multiculturalism and fear.
While the debate rages, an important point has been overlooked: despite the supposed Islamic prohibition
against depicting Mohammed under any circumstances, hundreds of paintings, drawings and other images of
Mohammed have been created over the centuries, with nary a word of complaint from the Muslim world. The recent
cartoons in Jyllands-Posten are nothing new; it's just that no other images of Mohammed have ever been
so widely publicized.
This page is an archive of numerous depictions of Mohammed, to serve as a reminder that such imagery has been
part of Western and Islamic culture since the Middle Ages -- and to serve as a resource for those interested in
freedom of expression. (Please note that the Arabic name "Mohammed" has over
the years been transliterated into Western languages with several different spellings -- some of which you'll
encounter on this site -- including Mahomet, Muhammad, and Mohamed.)
The images in the Mohammed Image Archive have been divided into the following categories; click on these links
to view the images in each section:
Islamic Depictions of Mohammed in Full
Islamic Depictions of Mohammed with Face Hidden
European Medieval and Renaissance Images
Miscellaneous Mohammed Images
Book Illustrations
Dante's Inferno
French Book Covers
Satirical Modern Cartoons
The Jyllands-Posten Cartoons
Recent Responses to the Controversy
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If you know of any other interesting depictions of Mohammed that you think should be included on this page,
email suggestions here. Please do not send suggestions
until you have viewed all the pages, to ensure you're not suggesting something already featured here.
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