What did Muhammad look like, anyway?

[ultimatebob]

With all of this fervor over people drawing pictures of Muhammad, it makes me wonder what the guy actually looked like and why depicting him is considered to be so unholy.

Seriously, what's the deal with this? Was the guy horribly disfigured? Only have one eye? Have a cleft palate or something? I don't get it.

Can someone with ties to the Islamic faith enlighten me here?

Edit: 17,000th post! WooHoo! Too bad I spelled Muhammad wrong.

 

[gorcorps]

like this:

 

[justoh]

He was a ginger.

 

[Sinsear]

 

[Rakehellion]

He was brown

 

[Rakehellion]

It's sort of how Christians have rules against idols. Just arbitrary religious nonsense.

 

[ultimatebob]

No, seriously, what did he really look like?

 

[rsbennett00]

Just a normal guy. It's just some weird rule but at least it's not as weird as a lot of those christian rules.

 

[gorcorps]

No, seriously, what did he really look like?

he looked like Jesus

all the religions talk about the same dude, they just have different stories and names for him

 

[KeithTalent]

he looked like Jesus

all the religions talk about the same dude, they just have different stories and names for him

Yeah I just assume they all look the same, except for Zeus who looked like an awesome badass.

KT

 

[z1ggy]

he looked like Jesus

all the religions talk about the same dude, they just have different stories and names for him

Mmmmm I thought he was alive after the death of this so called Jesus guy... On the magnitude of 100-200yrs after.

 

[ultimatebob]

Mmmmm I thought he was alive after the death of this so called Jesus guy... On the magnitude of 100-200yrs after.

Yeah, but Jesus had a habit of resurrecting himself and popping up in different places. The Christians thought that he did it once, and the Mormons think that he showed up twice.

It's an amusing thought... maybe all of these religions sprang up around this time because Jesus was busy doing a world tour

 

[gorcorps]

Mmmmm I thought he was alive after the death of this so called Jesus guy... On the magnitude of 100-200yrs after.

that's what they want you to think

 

[Thebobo]

That is I dont want my head chopped off picture

 

[z1ggy]

that's what they want you to think

0_0 oh shit sonnnnnnnnnnnnn. !!!!!

Insert meme *IT WAS ALIENS*



Wouldn't it be hilarious though if Jesus, Muhammed, Bhudda, etc were either A) totally fake and made up or B) the same person, and the whole religion cluster fuck is totally off base? That or if heaven was real and you got there, and Jesus was all like, ahhhhhhhhhh I got youuuuu!!! It's me dude!! Jesumuhammbhudda!

 

[Bateluer]

Like a pedophile.

 

[ultimatebob]

That is I dont want my head chopped off picture

So he looks like a bearded Lawrence Of Arabia? Not a bad looking guy.

 

[John Connor]

With all of this fervor over people drawing pictures of Mohammed, it makes me wonder what the guy actually looked like and why depicting him is considered to be so unholy.

Seriously, what's the deal with this? Was the guy horribly disfigured? Only have one eye? Have a cleft palate or something? I don't get it.

Can someone with ties to the Islamic faith enlighten me here?

I have often wondered the same thing too. But I think I found his picture!

Don't worry mods, it's fake dog shit. LOL!

 

[Sulaco]

So he looks like a bearded Lawrence Of Arabia? Not a bad looking guy.

Are you seriously this dumb? Or just trolling?

Were you expecting a bathroom selfie to confirm it?

 

[Markbnj]

That is I dont want my head chopped off picture

Ah yes, that was a Monday in 628. Mohammed and a few of his friends rode out to a little town on a nearby river and had a picnic with a few of the townspeople. They discussed his new religion and he let them know that could join if they felt like it, or not, whatever. Then they all had a smoke and he went home.

 

[DrunkenSano]

 

[Newell Steamer]

If extremists were not murdering people over this, would folks still create offensive and/or crude images of Mohammed?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Probably a lot like this.

 

[destrekor]

he looked like Jesus

all the religions talk about the same dude, they just have different stories and names for him

Mmmmm I thought he was alive after the death of this so called Jesus guy... On the magnitude of 100-200yrs after.

I think it was more like 600 or so years after, and Islam readily recognizes Jesus as a Prophet. The distinction is that, under Islam, Muhammad is the Last Prophet. They don't recognize any of the resurrection bullshit, and don't really attribute much in the way of divine magic to the prophets.

Muhammad's big thing was "peacefully" uniting a large region of differing religious opinions and creating a sole religious empire of sorts. He spoke of peace and whatnot, but ultimately, I think history would also show a violence necessary to conquer regions. A necessary violence that is justified in the outcome, perhaps.

I might have some of that wrong, I'm no authority on the subject...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

If extremists were not murdering people over this, would folks still create offensive and/or crude images of Mohammed?

Yes.