Mohammed Image Archive
Depictions of Mohammed Throughout History
The Mohammed Image Archive is a compendium of images that depict Mohammed (the
7th-century founder of Islam), spanning all historical periods, cultures and
genres.
The inspiration for this Archive came from the global controversy over the
publication of Mohammed cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten,
and the need for a comprehensive and even-handed look at the wide variety of
Mohammed depictions in Islamic and Western societies from the Middle Ages until
today. It will remain online as a resource for those interested in freedom of
expression. (Please note that the Arabic name "Mohammed" has over the
years been transliterated into Western languages with several different
spellings -- some of which you'll encounter on this site -- including Mahomet,
Muhammad, and Mohamed.)
The images in the Mohammed Image Archive have been divided into the following
categories; click on these links to view the images in each section:
Islamic Depictions of Mohammed in Full
Islamic Depictions of Mohammed with Face Hidden
European Medieval and Renaissance Images
Miscellaneous Mohammed Images
Book
Illustrations
Dante's Inferno
French Book Covers
Satirical Modern Cartoons
The Jyllands-Posten Cartoons
Recent Responses
to the Controversy
Extreme Mohammed
Email
Responses from Readers
Links
NOTE:
If the pages above are not loading because of heavy visitor traffic, please
click on any of the following links, which lead to mirror sites duplicating the
Mohammed Image Archive.
mohammed.lir.dk (Denmark)
Nordish.net
(Norway)
jthz.com
(Netherlands)
parazite.pp.fi (Finland)
parazite.h1.ru (Russia)
H R Nielsen
(Denmark)
Dragonfire (USA)
My Freedom of Speech (Norway)
Retecool (Netherlands) (contains out-of-date version of the
Archive)
internetcurrentevents.com (USA) (contains out-of-date version of
the Archive)
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If you know of any other interesting depictions of Mohammed that you think
should be included on this page, email suggestions
here. Please do not send
suggestions until you have viewed all the pages, to ensure you're not suggesting
something already featured here.
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