<s>
In	O
the	O
Middle	O
Ages	O
they	O
were	O
mostly	O
hostile	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
often	O
appear	O
in	O
illustrations	O
of	O
Dante	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
poetry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
,	O
most	O
Muslims	O
avoid	O
visual	O
depictions	O
of	O
Muhammad	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
prophet	O
such	O
as	O
Moses	B-Language
or	O
Abraham	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Byzantine	B-Application
Christianity	O
during	O
the	O
periods	O
of	O
Iconoclasm	O
in	O
the	O
8th	O
century	O
,	O
and	O
again	O
during	O
the	O
9th	O
century	O
,	O
visual	O
representations	O
of	O
sacred	O
figures	O
were	O
forbidden	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
the	O
Cross	O
could	O
be	O
depicted	O
in	O
churches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abu	O
Hanifa	O
Dinawari	O
,	O
Ibn	O
al-Faqih	O
,	O
Ibn	O
Wahshiyya	O
and	O
Abu	O
Nu'aym	O
tell	O
versions	O
of	O
a	O
story	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Byzantine	B-Application
Emperor	O
Heraclius	O
is	O
visited	O
by	O
two	O
Meccans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Iran	O
,	O
depictions	O
have	O
considerable	O
acceptance	O
to	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
modern	O
forms	O
of	O
the	O
poster	O
and	O
postcard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
motif	O
was	O
taken	O
from	O
a	O
photograph	O
of	O
a	O
young	O
Tunisian	O
taken	O
by	O
the	O
Germans	O
Rudolf	O
Franz	O
Lehnert	O
and	O
Ernst	O
Heinrich	O
Landrock	O
in	O
1905	O
or	O
1906	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
printed	O
in	O
high	O
editions	O
on	O
picture	O
post	B-Device
cards	I-Device
till	O
1921	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Western	O
representations	O
of	O
Muhammad	O
were	O
very	O
rare	O
until	O
the	O
explosion	O
of	O
images	O
following	O
the	O
invention	O
of	O
the	O
printing	O
press	O
;	O
he	O
is	O
shown	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
medieval	O
images	O
,	O
normally	O
in	O
an	O
unflattering	O
manner	O
,	O
often	O
influenced	O
by	O
his	O
brief	O
mention	O
in	O
Dante	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Divine	O
Comedy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
in	O
1935	O
,	O
the	O
frieze	O
includes	O
major	O
historical	O
lawgivers	O
,	O
and	O
places	O
Muhammad	O
alongside	O
Hammurabi	O
,	O
Moses	B-Language
,	O
Confucius	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Islamic	O
art	O
has	O
almost	O
always	O
avoided	O
large	O
sculptures	O
of	O
any	O
subject	O
,	O
especially	O
free-standing	O
ones	O
;	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
animals	O
are	O
known	O
,	O
mostly	O
fountain-heads	O
,	O
like	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
Lion	O
Court	O
of	O
the	O
Alhambra	B-Device
;	O
the	O
Pisa	O
Griffin	O
is	O
perhaps	O
the	O
largest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dante	B-Protocol
,	O
in	O
The	O
Divine	O
Comedy	O
:	O
Inferno	O
,	O
placed	O
Muhammad	O
in	O
Hell	O
,	O
with	O
his	O
entrails	O
hanging	O
out	O
(	O
Canto	O
28	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Muhammad	O
is	O
represented	O
in	O
a	O
15th-century	O
fresco	B-Protocol
Last	O
Judgement	O
by	O
Giovanni	O
da	O
Modena	O
and	O
drawing	O
on	O
Dante	B-Protocol
,	O
in	O
the	O
Church	O
of	O
San	O
Petronio	O
,	O
Bologna	O
,	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Italian	O
police	O
reported	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
disrupted	O
a	O
terrorist	O
plot	O
to	O
destroy	O
a	O
church	O
in	O
Bologna	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
a	O
15th-century	O
fresco	B-Protocol
depicting	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
Muhammad	O
(	O
see	O
above	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
controversial	O
American	O
animated	O
television	O
comedy	O
program	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
depicted	O
Muhammad	O
as	O
a	O
superhero	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
July	O
4	O
,	O
2001	O
episode	O
"	O
Super	O
Best	O
Friends	O
"	O
and	O
has	O
depicted	O
Muhammad	O
in	O
the	O
opening	O
sequence	O
since	O
that	O
episode	O
,	O
attempted	O
to	O
satirize	O
the	O
Danish	O
newspaper	O
incident	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
episode	O
,	O
"	O
Cartoon	O
Wars	O
Part	O
II	O
"	O
,	O
they	O
intended	O
to	O
show	O
Muhammad	O
handing	O
a	O
salmon	O
helmet	O
to	O
Peter	O
Griffin	O
,	O
a	O
character	O
from	O
the	O
Fox	O
animated	O
series	O
Family	B-Application
Guy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Comedy	O
Central	O
,	O
who	O
airs	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
rejected	O
the	O
scene	O
,	O
citing	O
concerns	O
of	O
violent	O
protests	O
in	O
the	O
Islamic	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creators	O
of	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
reacted	O
by	O
instead	O
satirizing	O
Comedy	O
Central	O
's	O
double	O
standard	O
for	O
broadcast	O
acceptability	O
by	O
including	O
a	O
segment	O
of	O
"	O
Cartoon	O
Wars	O
Part	O
II	O
"	O
in	O
which	O
American	O
president	O
George	O
W	O
.	O
Bush	O
and	O
Jesus	O
defecate	O
on	O
the	O
flag	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
protest	O
against	O
the	O
action	O
of	O
Comedy	O
Central	O
in	O
forbidding	O
the	O
broadcast	O
of	O
the	O
South	B-Application
Park	I-Application
episode	O
"	O
201	O
"	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
death	O
threats	O
against	O
some	O
of	O
those	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
segment	O
.	O
</s>
