>>>Has anyone heard of this controversy? In Islam, it is forbidden to create a depiction of Muhammad because it may lead to idol worship.
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons
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>>>Why would they be offended if non-Muslims depicted Muhammad? In Judaism, the word God isn't written because it is considered disrespectful, but (as far as I can tell) they don't object to other people from writing the word God. BTW, you will see Jewish texts use G-d.
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>>As I understand it, the protests against these cartoons are not just because Muhammad was "depicted", but because he was depicted as a terrorist.
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>You're right it is both reasons. Depiction and the disrespectful depiction. In my mind, both seem as equally as trivial.
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>The aspect that I object to is that this could have been motivated by racism or intolerance.

Well, I've never thought of Islam as being particularly racist, but it certainly projects an attitude of intolerance.

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