ic here is his post and here are my answers too can anyone object the sculpture is a representation of muhammad that does not mean that every detail is historically correct the picture of jesus at the head of his article is absolutely not correct in terms of mode of dress or physical appearance but that does not stop it being a representation of jesus art is not photography and doesn't have to be accurate in a litteral sense yes he is holding a koran not because the koran existed during his lifetime but because it's a written record of his sayings in artistic terms it makes perfect sense as a symbolic representation this is a decent respectful image and was created to honour muhammad as an important figure in world history the picture of jesus at the head of his article is absolutely not correct in terms of mode of dress or physical appearance but that does not stop it being a representation of jesus my response the question is not stoping the represenataion of jesus the question is what makes the sculpture picture of jesus to represent there answer the general associate and mindset of people that people immediately bring that image in their mind when they hear about jesus while this is not the case with muhammad there is no general association of any picture with muhammad nor does anybody in mainstream think about it in artistic terms it makes perfect sense as a symbolic representation my response in artistic terms it makes perfect sense as not representing muhammad symbolically why because i mentioned how many differences are there in the statue with the personality of muhammad and how many commonalities neither that sculpture nor that painting match any characteristic of muhammad except that both have breard and there are millions of people with beard in the world thats it