A ceramic bobblehead doll of the Prophet Muhammed – created to resemble the infamous caricature published by a Danish newspaper – is being hawked online for $22.99 a pop by an ex-Marine.
The unapologetic creator, Timothy Ames, 28, said the bobblehead is similar to “dashboard Jesus” figurines that can be stuck with adhesive to flat surfaces.
“I thought, ‘If they flipped out over some cartoons what will they do with a dashboard Muhammed?'” Ames said from his home in Hawaii.
But Islamic experts are not amused, saying the bobbleheads could anger Muslims, whose religion strictly prohibits depictions of the prophet.
“No depiction of the prophet, even if it is positive, should be made ever – and certainly not one as ridiculous as the bobblehead Muhammed,” said Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, an assistant professor at New York University. “I don’t think it’s about freedom of speech. This is the freedom to insult, which he shouldn’t be doing.”
Ames said several hundred people have purchased the dolls online, and he has paid a Chinese manufacturer to create 1,000 more. “I just think it’s funny,” he said.
Violent protests erupted last winter across the Muslim world after a Danish newspaper published cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammed as a suicide bomber. Many European papers reprinted the cartoons.
“People who get p—-d off about this, they’re going to get p—-d off regardless,” Ames.
Wild Thing’s comment……..
Linda sent the link about this to me early Sunday morning and I just had to show it to you.
Yes, I ordered one! LOL
If Americans have to tolerate burning our flag on American campuses, then the islam-o-nuts have to tolerate a bobble head doll. I will find some place for it. Maybe on the front of my bicycle. heh heh Or at least some place in my office. hahaha
Let this silly little bobblehead drive the Muslims further into their insanity.
They do their protests anyway, burn our Flag, laugh while they watch 9-11 happening and do their beheadings like it is a National sport of their death cult.
A true Mohammed bobblehead would be surrounded by infidel dolls whose heads simply fall off.
Billy
This bobblehead is really funny. If the sorry ass moslems had their way, humor would not exist. Humor, another reason they hate us.
Billy it sure would be exactly like that.
Tom I agree, I wonder if they ever laugh at anything. I know they smile because they smiled and cheered the attack on us on 9-11.