[mdh]

I'd distinguish between a right and an obligation.

If you have something worthwhile to say about Mohammed and his teachings (be it for or against) and a depiction of him will help, go ahead and draw him. If however, you're doing it just because you can, then you're doing nothing to help reduce inter-religion tension and, in fact, are exhibiting some of the same sort of dogmatic insistence that everyone conform to your views that you are railing against.

(NB speculation as i am not a muslim, i know only a small number of muslims personally and obviously haven't surveyed the world's muslim population for this). The subset of muslims who will threaten to kill you over this is VERY small and the proportion of that group who would actually ever attempt to do anything about it is miniscule. However, the number of muslims who would find your gesture unfriendly or just straight offensive is quite large. Net result: you've upset a large body of people with whom you have no real quarrel and the people whom you have a real beef with have 'proof' that the non-muslim world wants to undermine Islam.

In my opinion, if the picture on your website has no context (and a link to Facebook group isn't a proper context), then you haven't really helped matters and have probably hindered them.

[nailer]

> you're doing it just because you can, then you're doing nothing to help reduce inter-religion tension and

Agreed. But I think individual rights triumph the need for harmony with people who seek to rule our minds and tongues.

> in fact, are exhibiting some of the same sort of dogmatic insistence that everyone conform to your views that you are railing against.

How so? I'm not trying to change how anyone else thinks, or what they say.