Cartoons of Muhammad from 100 years ago

February 28, 2015 — xanthippa

What an interesting article!

It tells the story of a satirical magazine published in Tbilisi a century ago, using satirical cartoons to promote women’s equality, individual rights and secularism…


How Muslim Azerbaijan had satire years before Charlie Hebdo

By Konul Khalilova Editor, BBC Azeri service

An Azeri woman points to a building with windows, which is a prison, while on their right is a house of Muslim women with none. Picture: Courtesy of the Azerbaijan National Library. In this cartoon, the magazine depicts a prison with windows and a house of Muslim women with none
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This cartoon from 1909 had a pretty short explanation: “Pilgrimage to Hajj”. This 1909 cartoon, Pilgrimage to Hajj, had a pretty clear message
He also depicted Muhammad.
Very interesting read indeed…
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Picture of the week

February 25, 2015 — xanthippa

From Religion of Peace:


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What the great late Christopher Hitchens said about the last set of Muhammad cartoons

January 31, 2015 — xanthippa

More relevant today than ever!

Prescient words of wisdom…

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New ‘Draw Mohammed’ subReddit is up and running!

September 23, 2012 — xanthippa

‘Reddit – the front page of the internet’ has a new section:  DrawMohammed!!!

Check it out – and subscribe!

UPDATE:  This subredit has now been marked ‘private’….and even though I have contributed more than one post to it myself, I no longer can get in myself.  Sorry.

I guess Obama was not bluffing:

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