The comment was made as a blanket statement of a general prohibition about images. Not a prohibition about the worship of images. The Jews did culturally disdain images because they **could** be worshipped, but it is Islam that has a general prohibition. The Jews did not.
In the same way that the modern U.S. Evangelical Church disdains alcohol, but there is not a general prohibition against alcohol in Christianity.
Show 1 single example of alcohol / drunkenness in the bible that had good results.
One can make the case that alcohol use is not a sin (debatable), but, alcohol does affect the mind, loosening inhibitions (morals) putting one in a position that facilitates sin. One should not facilitate sin.