"Why Muslims Decry Prophet Images"
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/12/ambassadors-killing-shines-light-on-muslim-sensitivities-around-prophet-mohammed/?hpt=hp_c1(CNN) – Violence over depictions of the Prophet Mohammed may mystify many non-Muslims, but it speaks to a central tenet of Islam: that the Prophet was a man, not God, and that portraying him threatens to lead to worshiping a human instead of Allah.
“It's all rooted in the notion of idol worship,” says Akbar Ahmed, who chairs the Islamic Studies department at American University. “In Islam, the notion of God versus any depiction of God or any sacred figure is very strong."
“The Prophet himself was aware that if people saw his face portrayed by people, they would soon start worshiping him,” Ahmed says. “So he himself spoke against such images, saying ‘I’m just a man.’”
The prohibition against such portrayals was on stark display Tuesday, as mobs in Egypt and Libya attacked U.S. compounds in response to a film that vilifies the Prophet Mohammed, who founded Islam in the 7th century. The attack on the U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya, was orchestrated by extremists who used the protests as a diversion, U.S. sources told CNN Wednesday.
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Any followers of ANY religion, that thinks it's ok to cause chaos and murder innocent people, over friggin' CARTOONS, BOOKS or MOVIES are ANIMALS!!!!
Lots more at the article --
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/things/depictions-of-muhammad-examples.htm
Some are aquite beautiful. Many seem to have an oriental, Far Eastern quality to them. Worth a look just for an art appreciation aspecct.
"takin it to the cheese".
Yea I know its bread but cheese works better.
Come on "takin it to the bread" just does not sing like cheese.
On edit: No I am not from Wisconsin.
power-grubbing, greed for resources, greed for land, xenophobia, and vengeance as 20% of the equation? I really think you should check your math 
I will grant you that religion is, far too often, the opiate of the masses, with far, far, too many people subjugating their intellect and their own conscience to words from a pulpit, from a person whose only qualification is that they've been able to convince people that they know more about a book than they do (and this coming from someone religious, I gotta call 'em like I see 'em). But remember Rome: while the Plebes made pious sacrifice at the temples, most Patricians were laughing behind their backs and plotting how to exploit the religious devotion of the less fortunate. A lot of wars were sold to the Plebes with religious terminology, but you can bet that the majority of the times, it was the Aristocracy using religion as a rallying cry for their own greedy interests.
also known under the title "The Message". Despite the film being about the life of Mohammed, he never appeared as an actor in the film nor did we hear his voice. Anthony Quinn played Hamza, Mohammed's uncle, who leads his armies into battle and who had to pretend to hear the voice of Mohammed and repeat his words. Sometimes Mohammed is played by the camera and we see what Mohammed is seeing through the camera's point of view. Quinn turned in one of the greatest performances of his career. Despite the fact that the filmmakers followed Islamic tradition in not depicting the image of the Prophet, despite the fact the director was a Moslem, there were a lot of protests by Islamic groups and even buildings in Washington, D.C. were taken over by protestors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad,_Messenger_of_God
"...In accordance with Muslim beliefs regarding depictions of Muhammad, he was not depicted on-screen nor was his voice heard. At the beginning of the film, a statement is displayed, "The makers of this film honour the Islamic tradition which holds that the impersonation of the Prophet offends against the spirituality of his message. Therefore, the person of Mohammad will not be shown."
This rule extended to his wives, his daughters, his sons-in-law, and the first caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali). This left Muhammad's uncle Hamza (Anthony Quinn) and his adopted son Zayd (Damien Thomas) as the central characters. During the battles of Badr and Uhud depicted in the movie, Hamza was in nominal command, even though the actual fighting was led by Muhammad.
Whenever Muhammad was present or very close by, his presence was indicated by light organ music. His words, as he spoke them, were repeated by someone else such as Hamza, Zayd and Bilal. When a scene called for him to be present, the action was filmed from his point of view. Others in the scene nodded to the unheard dialogue. ..."
their ridiculous Invisible Sky Fairy. People who hold to the fundie version of that religion want to turn the clock back a thousand years -- they are cordially invited to suck my cock.
Strange that a site that fights for gay marriage constantly wants to go to bat for a group of Bronze Age fucknuggets who want to stone gays for light entertainment. 
We certainly go out of our way to rationalize offending other people. Might be easier to simply allow ourselves to rationalize being polite and respectful to other people instead. 
But as that isn't quite as viscerally entertaining, doesn't fit on a clever t-shirt logo, couldn't be marketed into an Xbox game, and won't grab eyeballs on our bumper-stickers, it probably won't sell. More's the pity...
