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Born in 1958, Jonathan Shapiro (ZAPIRO) is South Africa's most successful and widely know cartoonist. Starting out with the UDF newspaper 'South' in 1987, he was arrested as a political…>

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© Zapiro | May 28, 2010 | Mail & Guardian

Zapiro Responds - with another Cartoon!

COUCHED REGRET: Zapiro responds to the furore about his previous cartoon, which depicted the prophet Muhammed, with some indignation of his own in an epic 15 panelled, 188-word cartoon.

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Shafiek says:

Thank you Zapiro for clearing this all up for us.

All the time we thought it was about the millions of Muslims you have offended. Now we learn that this is not the case; it's all about YOU. The only hint of any regret is that you have been linked to other Islamophobes. It is you who is the victim in this saga not those whom you have so offended.

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Anonymous says:

Zapiro, as usual, is the centre of the universe.

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Africartoons says:

Comments of an insulting nature have been deleted. Please keep all criticism within the norms of respect and decency.

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Anonymous says:

Your point about non-Islamic believers being censored says it all. I am offended when I am referred to as an infidel but hey that's okay

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blakat says:

@Shafiek - to the best of my knowledge, the Qur’an prohibits the worship of idols, which is why it forbids the worship of images (because is a sort of imitation of idol-worship).
Please tell me where in the Qur'an it says nobody is allowed to draw your prophet. I am not being sarcastic - as a Christian, I genuinely want to understand what all this is about and I want to look it up myself.
If we want to live in peace with one another, surely we need to accept the differences between ourselves and be tolerant. How can we do that without information?

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Jeremy says:

Unless I am confused (which I probably am), Zapiro distances himself from the Facebook campaign in the 6th panel, yet in his Muhammad cartoon he directly references it...

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Anonymous says:

WWMS (What Would Muhammad Say)? Unfortunately he refuses to be drawn on the matter. PBUH nevertheless.

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Africartoons says:

@Anonymous - Brilliant!

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