'100 lashes if you don't die laughing' and 3 other Muhammad controversies

by Tom A. Peter
Christian Science Monitor
November 3, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1844/100-lashes-if-you-dont-die-laughing-and-3-other

Excerpt:

The offices of a French satirical magazine were bombed early today, after the periodical published an issue about the Arab Spring with a caricature of the prophet Muhammad. The magazine featured the Muslim prophet as a "guest editor" for the magazine, Charlie Hebdo, threatening "100 lashes if you don't die of laughter!"

Images of the prophet Muhammad are forbidden in Islam and have proved a source of controversy in recent years. Most disputes have stemmed from Western publications operating in countries with free speech and large Muslim immigrant populations.

While Muslims contend that such images are deeply offensive and must not be published, free speech advocates have countered that the rules of an open society should not place prohibitions on religious drawings. And though not all incidents have resulted in violence, a number of have drawn widespread protest and unrest around the globe. Here are three that caught attention worldwide:

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