Online petition asks Wikipedia to remove pictures of Muhammad
True Believers always seem to ignore their own
history.
An article about the Prophet Muhammad in the
English-language Wikipedia has become the subject of an online protest in the
last few weeks because of its representations of Muhammad, taken from medieval
manuscripts.
In addition to numerous e-mail messages sent to Wikipedia.org, an online petition cites a prohibition in Islam on images of people. The petition has more than 80,000 “signatures,” though many who submitted them to ThePetitionSite.com remained anonymous…
A FAQ page explains the site’s polite but firm refusal to remove the images: “Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group…”
Sadly, strident Islamists do not respect the view of Muslim scholars - and their own history - much less those who simply catalogue information.
In addition to numerous e-mail messages sent to Wikipedia.org, an online petition cites a prohibition in Islam on images of people. The petition has more than 80,000 “signatures,” though many who submitted them to ThePetitionSite.com remained anonymous…
A FAQ page explains the site’s polite but firm refusal to remove the images: “Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group…”
Sadly, strident Islamists do not respect the view of Muslim scholars - and their own history - much less those who simply catalogue information.
Posted: Tue - February 5, 2008 at 10:52 AM