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Today\u2019s Bizarro<\/a> cartoon takes a look at how we depict important figures. What do you think about this topic when considered in a more serious way? How has the openness of Buddhists and Christians to depicting the key figures in their traditions impacted\u00a0the way people think about them? Has the\u00a0prohibition against depicting Muhammad\u00a0helped safeguard his humanness as a historical figure, or\u00a0simply led to a different sort of reverence?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"