The first is the propagation of a climate of fear, of ever-present danger from ill-defined foes, which led in the West, and especially in the United States, to a plethora of security measures ranging from reasonable and useful to ridiculous and demeaning. ![]() Matters became worse after September 11, for two additional reasons. There have been many times in recent years when one bemoaned the explosion of media that have provided public forums for so much incompetence and ignorance, not to speak of prejudice. But both the answer to the question and the reasons for raising it require a broader introduction. It is an unexpectedly burning question, as the newspapers regularly demonstrate. ![]() ![]() Are representations of the Prophet Muhammad permitted in Islam? To make or not to make images of the Prophet: that is the question I will try to answer.
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