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The mark of a great illustrator is not only to create compelling visuals but to use the medium to express ideas and commentary from observations of world happenings.
The mark of a great illustrator is not only to create compelling visuals but to use the medium to express ideas and commentary from observations of world happenings.
The mark of a great illustrator is not only to create compelling visuals but to use the medium to express ideas and commentary from observations of world happenings.
The mark of a great illustrator is not only to create compelling visuals but to use the medium to express ideas and commentary from observations of world happenings.
CAIR-Chicago hosted veteran cartoonist Scott Stantis for a discussion about how Islam is portrayed
“What are we Muslims to do about this? Rather than concern ourselves too much with the actions of others, let’s put our own values to action. If someone wishes to offend, let them knock themselves out trying. Let us instead take the higher ground and appreciate the mercy, love, and other teachings our prophet brought us by making a prayer for him on a day when others go out of their way to ridicule him,” writes Ahmed Rehab.
“What are we Muslims to do about this? Rather than concern ourselves too much with the actions of others, let’s put our own values to action. If someone wishes to offend, let them knock themselves out trying. Let us instead take the higher ground and appreciate the mercy, love, and other teachings our prophet brought us by making a prayer for him on a day when others go out of their way to ridicule him,” writes Ahmed Rehab.
Some newspaper editors think a satirical political cartoonist who often tackles taboo topics might have crossed a line when he incorporated a sexual innuendo into a comic strip about a character’s conversion to radical Islam. But it’s not the first strip by the artist to poke fun at religion.
OK, so I have witnessed the impudent display of reductionism otherwise known as a Jack Higgins cartoon last Wednesday. I have seen his characterization of the Prophet Muhammad as a sword-wielding, raging lunatic with a mountain of skulls at his trail.
The message Sunday from a politician, a clergyman, a rabbi and a Muslim activist to a Jewish congregation in Uptown that saw its synagogue recently defaced by anti-Semitic graffiti was the same: A hate crime against one group is a crime against all humanity.
The Chicago chapter of a prominent Islamic civil-rights group tackled the controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad on Saturday night at a town hall meeting as part of a yearlong campaign to educate the public.
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