This is unacceptable and Playboy realized that, which is why they issued an apology. The apology was made because Playboy acknowledged the cover was offensive to many Roman Catholics in Mexico. Read about the controversy here. There hasn’t been any hue or cry about the holding hostage of a free press by those who were offended by this image; their mere objection and expression thereof was enough to warrant an appropriate apology from Playboy.
This is unacceptable too, but the difference is the religious community offended by this image was vilified because they took offense, and the image was used to incite anger and rage. The followers of Muhammad should now know how media is used to provoke a certain response which is in turn highlighted to demonize Islam. Knowing that, they should never fall into the trap of being prodded to react by images like the one above, while joining with the worldwide community in condemning any inappropriate images of religious figures anywhere in the world. I hope that’s the lesson Muslims learn from Playboy’s foray into obscene religious images, but I doubt it. You can expect Miscellany101 to highlight them whenever and wherever he can. Stay tuned.
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