Posted on 10/01/2006 11:23:03 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A ceramic bobblehead doll of the Prophet Muhammed - created to resemble the infamous caricature published by a Danish newspaper - is being hawked online for $22.99 a pop by an ex-Marine.
The unapologetic creator, Timothy Ames, 28, said the bobblehead is similar to "dashboard Jesus" figurines that can be stuck with adhesive to flat surfaces. "I thought, 'If they flipped out over some cartoons what will they do with a dashboard Muhammed?'" Ames said from his home in Hawaii.
But Islamic experts are not amused, saying the bobbleheads could anger Muslims, whose religion strictly prohibits depictions of the prophet.
"No depiction of the prophet, even if it is positive, should be made ever - and certainly not one as ridiculous as the bobblehead Muhammed," said Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, an assistant professor at New York University. "I don't think it's about freedom of speech. This is the freedom to insult, which he shouldn't be doing."
Ames said several hundred people have purchased the dolls online, and he has paid a Chinese manufacturer to create 1,000 more. "I just think it's funny," he said.
Violent protests erupted last winter across the Muslim world after a Danish newspaper published cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammed as a suicide bomber. Many European papers reprinted the cartoons.
"People who get p----d off about this, they're going to get p----d off regardless," Ames, a baptized Christian, said.
The sophomoric Web site where Ames, using the pen name "Filthy," sells the bobbleheads also features a collection of scattered rants. In one, he writes: "I'm really not into slamming people just for their religion. Most of the stupid people I've met are stupid despite their religion, not because of it."
Frank Peters, a professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at NYU, warned that a bobblehead Muhammed was "a really bad idea."
"Jews and Christians have gotten used to this kind of thing, but Muslims haven't," he said. "This may not be his intention, but these things have consequences."
Very good job!
Is an "Islamic expert" an actual Islamic or merely an "expert" on them? If the later, one certainly doesn't need to be an expert to know that Islamics get angered/offended at everything imaginable, and that if it's not directed at those who manufacture this bobblehead it's just going to be directed at someone (or something) else.
Long past time to stop attempting to "win hearts and minds" and start not giving a rat's ass about what they think/feel.
I'll bet the SOBs loved the ones between white men and black women though. As long as the sex was forced or coerced that is.
I'm so going to get one for your Dad! It will match his t-shirt!
Here ya go!
I want one.
#4. LOL!
I did not add this to the list. This is NOT a Gods, Graves, Glyphs topic.
"People who get p----d off about this, they're going to get p----d off regardless," Ames, a baptized Christian, said.Got that right.
How despicable for a "jew" to say something like this. We are not Muslims. We are not prohibited from doing anything with regard to Mohammed, Piss be upon him.
Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History
The Mohammed Image Archive is a compendium of images that depict Mohammed (the 7th-century founder of Islam), spanning all historical periods, cultures and genres.
The inspiration for this Archive came from the global controversy over the publication of Mohammed cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, and the need for a comprehensive and even-handed look at the wide variety of Mohammed depictions in Islamic and Western societies from the Middle Ages until today. It will remain online as a resource for those interested in freedom of expression. (Please note that the Arabic name "Mohammed" has over the years been transliterated into Western languages with several different spellings -- some of which you'll encounter on this site -- including Mahomet, Muhammad, and Mohamed.)
The images in the Mohammed Image Archive have been divided into the following categories; click on these links to view the images in each section:
http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/
Thanks FN. I'd like his bobblehead on a pole, please. ;')
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