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Mohammed in Hell

2010-05-15 16:53:49 // The Operator
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Mohammed in Hell

Mohammed plate from The Divine Comedy by Gustave Doré

2 Responses to “Mohammed in Hell”

  1. ex nihilo Says:

    which one is mohammed? i’m pretty sure you can get a fatwah issued against you for posting that.

    any thoughts on the post or does it speak for itself?


  2. Mohammed is the center figure pulling apart his skin to reveal his entrails to Dante and Virgil:

    Inferno XXVIII, 19-42.

    The poets are in the ninth
    chasm of the eighth circle, that of the Sowers of
    Discord, whose punishment is to be mutilated.
    Mahomet shows his entrails to Dante and Virgil
    while on the left stands his son Ali, his head cleft
    from chin to forelock.

    Offered more-or-less without comment – point being that, if a fatwa is to be ordered, it’d better be ordered against every publisher of this image from today back to antiquity.

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