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Should wikipedia remove pictures of Muhammad

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02-06-2008 9:30 AM 		Reply to: Message 25 by CK
02-06-2008 9:18 AM

Re: Hello CK it's CK here!
that the actual prohibition is about living people or animals
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That was what I understood as the medieval interpretation - that's why mosques from Spain to Turkmenistan have such fantastic beautiful tiled designs. Of course, one of those Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy also prohibits any graven images - but Jews and Christians don't pay it much mind.
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