Ok, Crystal Clear is wrong the verses are open to interpretation but that interpretation has become dogma . The pragmatic, if drastic, short-cut to purity is an outright ban on all such depictions. The Hadith have, in effect, almost as much doctrinal authority as do verses of the Koran, so the implicit edict against depictions of the Prophet Muhammad is, in Islamic dogma, final Wikki somewhere The bottom line is that such a widespread publishing would insult millions of muslims - the terrorists would be very happy with that.