Quote Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine
The bannination of depictation of Muhammed both relies on the intention to avoid people from using his existence in an unpleasant way and the idolization.
Then why are Bin Laden's and al-Zawahiri's pamhplets and calls for murder in the name of the Prophet broadcast, quoted and copied in the entire Muslim world? Surely their use of the Prophet for terrorist purposes must be judged 'unpleasant'. Then why aren't we seeing Muslims burning effigies of Osama bin Laden for a change?

I know you are not a binladenist or an alzawahirist, instead you are a damn good Turkish computer guy and a fun member of this website. But I would appreciate some sort of an answer from a Muslim to get a better perspective.