Mohammed Image Archive7

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Andrew Bostom's book The Legacy of Jihad is one of the very few English-language

books to show Mohammed on the cover. The illustration shows Mohammed (sittingalone, to the right, his face covered) observing the massacre of the Jewish tribe theBanu Qurayzah; from a 19th-century Kashmiri illustration in the British Library (seelink for full attribution and a detailed explanation of the historical incident).


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Spanish-language edition ofMahoma: La vida del Profeta, by Roger Caratini.


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This drawing, entitled "Christus oder Muhammed" ("Christ or Mohammed") wasmade in 1904 by German artist Sascha Schneider. It was used as the cover of theadventure novel Orangen und Datteln ("Oranges and Dates") by Karl May. As such,it is the earliest known book cover to depict Mohammed.(Hat tip: Greg V.)


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The cover of the 1911 Danish biography called Profeten Muhammed written byJohannes strup shows Mohammed riding on a stylized flying horse -- as discoveredby the Uriasposten blog.(Hat tip: Politically Incorrect Lib.)


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Why We Left Islam (published by WND books in 2008) is the only book published inthe United States and currently in print that features an unveiled Mohammed onthe cover.


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Mohammed und Seine Zeit(Mohammed and His Era), by Enzo Orlandi (Germanedtion of a book originally in Italian). The cover depicts Mohammed receivingambassadors in Medina.(Hat tip: A.L.)


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The recent book Muhammed, by Eliot Weinberger (September 2006, Verso Books)

was orignally designed with a picture of Mohammed on the cover, as this picturereleased by the company in their catalog shows. But as the book's page at Amazonnow reveals, Verso Books subsequently changed the spelling to Muhammad, andmore importantly changed the design to no longer feature a depiction ofMohammed, most likely out of fear of offending anyone.


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Mahomet, by Salah Stti.


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Mahomet, by Maxime Rodinson. You can download a pdf that contains part of thecontents of this book by right-clicking (or control-clicking) on this link; the pdf

includes five small historical Islamic pictures of Mohammed.


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In September of 2006, French publisher Editions Priv released L'Affaire desCaricatures: Dessins et Manipulations by Mohamed Sifaoui, featuring a cartoon ofMohammed on the cover by artist Ramo. Sifaoui is a journalist who exposed thethree Danish imams who had circulated fraudulent Mohammed cartoons in theMiddle East to stir up resentment amongst Muslims against Denmark and the West.The cover illustration shows 3 imams on the left picking an image of Mohammed asa pig, as one says, "I have one that will cause trouble." On the right is Mohammed

saying, "The first ones to insult the Muslim religion are those who kill innocentpeople in the name of Islam." Interestingly, both the author Sifaoui and the artistRamo are themselves Muslim.(Hat tip: Martin.)


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Mahomet le Prophte, by Gabriel Mendel Khan (ditions Acropole, 2002).

Mahomet, by Umberto Rizzitano (ditions Somogy, 1973).


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La Vie de Mahomet, by Virgil Gheorghiu (ditions Plon, 1962).

A different edition ofMahomet, by Anne-Marie Delcambre.

Mahoma, a biography of Mohammed in the Spanish Credencial Historia series.

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