Tuesday, February 07, 2006

the Westergaard cartoon

I'm wondering if this caused most offense because of the calligraphy on the turban which seems to resemble the Bismallah: "In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate".

Westergaard

Westergaard cartoon



bismallah

Bismallah @



Update on 13 Feb 06: An anonymous commenter has informed me that the calligraphy on the turban is the Shahada which reads: "There is no god except God; Mohammed is the messenger of God."

shahada

Shahada @


 

2 Comments:

At Sunday, 12 February, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, what it says is There is no god except God; Mohammed is the messenger of God.

See http://www.waterholes.com/~dennette/1995/islam/shahada.htm

 
At Monday, 13 February, 2006, Blogger Arizona said...

Thanks for that information. I'll update the blog entry accordingly.

 

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