Recent Responses to the Controversy


Several artists (both professional and amateur) have created their own responses to the controversy over the Danish cartoons. Many of the artists expressed their mockery of and disdain for the Muslim world's violent reaction with new Mohammed depictions that are intentionally direspectful and/or obscene, to make a point about freedom of speech. If you are easily offended, you might want to stop reading here.



Filibuster cartoons features a new comic that really hits the nail on the head.
(Hat tip: Ole and Benjamin.)



Steve D., the proprietor of this blog, fashioned his own statement about the controversy by Photoshopping one of the Jyllands-Posten drawings onto the rear end of a camel.
(Hat tip: Rant Wraith.)



On February 1, France Soir newspaper published this cartoon on its cover, caricaturing Mohammed equally with other religious figures. The artist Delize drew another similar cartoon as well.
(Hat tip: Gathers and etienne.)



On February 3, Le Monde newspaper published this cartoon by artist Plantu on its front page -- a drawing of Mohammed composed of sentences that say "Je ne dois pas dessiner Mahomet," or "I must not draw Mohammed."
(Hat tip: John, Erik, and Breteuil.)



The Crybaby Mohammed.
(Hat tip: Buck.)


The Study of Revenge blog featured this uncompromising image by D. T. Devareaux.
(Hat tip: JHW.)


The "Jesus and Mo" comic strip showed one of Mohammed's testicles.


Mohammed offers some Koranic wisdom about meddlesome artists in the "Mohammed the Prophet Answers Your Emails" cartoon strip.


This Czech Web site featured an artist's three responses to the controversy. This one shows Mohammed as a nude suicide bomber, with his six-year-old bride Aisha on the right.


This one shows Mohammed as a pig, apparently (?) being inspired by the Devil.


And this is a more traditional portrait.


Several postmodern satirists have highlighted the point that -- since no one really knows what Mohammed looked like -- any image could be said to depict him. To that end, they have captioned photos of their thumbs or rudimentary stick figures as "Mohammed." This image -- of a generic figure from the Danish toy company Lego, identified as being Mohammed -- is a good example of the genre.
(Hat tip: darmin.)


MSNBC political cartoonist Daryl Cagle emphasized the point with this response to the story, which includes a stick-figure Mohammed. Cagle also maintains an excellent collection of political cartoons about the controversy.



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