
Cue the rampaging Islamic mobs.
Via Egypt Independent:
Spanish political satire magazine El Jueves has published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohamed on its cover, soon after violent protests rocked the Muslim world over an anti-IslamĀ filmĀ made in the US and French caricatures deemed offensive to Islam.
El Jueves’ latest edition, which hit Spanish newsstands on Wednesday, shows several Muslims in a police lineup under the title “But…does anyone know what Mohamed looks like?”
Any depiction of the Prophet is considered blasphemous by Muslims but the issue has also caused a debate in the West about censorship and freedom of speech.
The magazine declined to comment to Reuters on Thursday on the motives for the publication.
But in comments to the Huffington Post, editor Mayte Quilez said it was a decision to take a humorous position on a contentious issue.
“If you can’t depict Mohamed, how do you know it is him in the cartoons?” she asked.
Last week, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed soon after protests against a film made in the United States provoked a torrent of anti-American unrest in Egypt, Libya and other countries.
