Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
The way I understand it, some hadiths prohibits the depiction of Mohammed to prevent idolatry and giving him reverence which would be due to Allah. I read in the God Delusion that the Wahhabist authorities plan to/have bulldozed the burial site of Mohamamd in order to prevent it becoming a site of worship to him. Such actions are in the spirit of the hadiths.

On the other hand, the funny thing about these Muslims protesting the depiction of Mohamamad in Danish cartoons etc is that they are commiting the same idolatry the hadiths aimed to prevent. While Muslims were not supposed to depict Mohammed to prevent worship/reverence of him, in superstitiously not allowing even non-Muslims to depict Mohammad in a non-religious manner, surely they are elevating Mohammad to the status of God himself?
He is the perfect person, and nothing can do him justice. That cartoon affair is a missed chance on comedy by the way, let them sweat over it being a picture of a picture.