AFDI's Mohammed Cartoon Billboards Depicting Muhammad Now Covered Over With Blue Paper

From Local Memphis:

SUMMIT, AR (localmemphis.com) – 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.

The owner's assertion that he never gave permission sounds like a crude lie meant to deflect unwanted Fatwas.

He may have never specifically authorized the sales organization he employes to sell advertisements depicting a Mohammed Cartoon, but almost certainly he authorized them to sell Billboards dealing with Political and Social issues.

If this is true, then it would seem he is slandering the sales organization.

That's probably a pretty easy thing to get away with, though it would be completely unethical, if true.

Meanwhile, a muslim group put up some billboards telling outright lies about islam and of course, they will be perfectly safe.