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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsXipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Pretty inoffensive to me.
For poking fun of religion I would put it on the level of Monty Python's "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition"
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)If you're *not* dying of laughter
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)(cough) (cough)
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)I don't see anything that identifies the man as "Mohammed"; in fact, it doesn't seem to identify the man as any one particular religion either. I also don't seen anywhere in the text any kind of disrespect for Islam or any other religion.
Seems to me that individuals determined to commit mass murder will invent a precipitating event allowing them to carry out their murderous intentions. I've held the belief that ISIS and other violent extremist groups attract mentally unstable individuals who would like a flag or cause to hide behind in order to carry out their violent fantasies. It's a corollary to my belief that similar individuals are drawn to police work.
Renew Deal
(81,861 posts)They have drawn the character before and identified him as Mohammed.
http://gawker.com/what-is-charlie-hebdo-and-why-a-mostly-complete-histo-1677959168
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)dissentient
(861 posts)Can you believe there are some religious nuts so unhinged that cartoons like this make them go on killing sprees? Talk about lunatics.