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Originally Posted by Shawnski
Now this point is interesting. The Prophet is not to be depicted, but the cartoon of the "bomb head" is assumed to be him. Why that assumption? What likeliness would it be compared to to indicate to the world that the satirical cartoon was Muhammed himself? What do Muslims use as a baseline to say that it was him and not simply a (granted) stereotypical portrait of an Arab? Portraying an Arab that way is bad, no question, but to assume the portrait is the Prophet? How did that leap occur?
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The editor of the paper and the cartoonists said "these are cartoons depicting Muhammad". No assumptions or leaps necessary.