Pictures depicting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad were recently posted on billboards in Marion County, Arkansas.
The billboard shows an angry, sword-wielding, Muhammad that is being drawn by a hand. The text coming from the Islamic Prophet says, “You Can’t Draw Me,” with the response of “That’s Why I Draw You.”
The signs also features the seal of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) with “Support Free Speech” written above it. The AFDI website says the picture was the winning entry of a Muhammad drawing contest in Texas, in May --the same contest where two Muslim extremists were shot and killed after they opened fire on a security officer.
Many Muslims consider drawings of Muhammad to be blasphemous and are banned in the Islamic Faith, which is why Local 24 chose to blur the pictures.
The Baxter Bulletin and Answer Dude, Thomas Garrett, took photos of the signs while they were still visible and shared them with our sister station KOLR10.
People who live in Summit, Arkansas say they were posted for days but are now covered with blue paper.
The owner of the billboards said he never gave permission to anyone to use his billboards.