Reply #10: And both of our interpretations are espoused by different groups of Muslims.

[darkstar3]

Which just goes to prove my point: The Qu'ran, along with all other holy books, is open to some pretty wide interpretation, and that interpretation can lead to some pretty far-fetched ideas. I know from previous experience with you that you are desperate to find any way you can to defend people of any faith, but no matter how many Muslims you trot out that have no problem with images of Muhammed, it won't change the following FACTS:

1. Many Muslims, due to their interpretation of the Qu'ran, believe that images of the prophet are an obsence gesture and an insult to their religion.
2. Muslims like these have made many a threat to western cartoonists and others in regard to images of the prophet.
3. This is no different from the desire expressed by many Muslims, and realized through Sharia Law, to shield their eyes from anything that they might disagree with or that might cause them mental distress.

(I'm well aware, BTW, that Muslim women in Western societies dress pretty much however they damn well please, but that's a diversion from what I was actually talking about, as usual. Stop trying to make people who disagree with you chase red herrings.)