# Depicting Mohammed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-mohammed/326046>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-mohammed/326046 "2005-10-13T12:17:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-mohammed/326046/21 "2005-10-14T16:45:22Z")

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> [@Angua](#):
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> Actually, there is a school of thought that suggests that alcohol per say is not prohibited, but rather becoming intoxicated and losing control of one’s faculties is what is forbidden.

Nitpick: _per se_ (meaning “inherently,” as opposed to _per quod_, “in context”)

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**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-mohammed/326046/22 "2005-10-14T17:54:46Z")

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> [@Angua](#):
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> Muhammad is the last prophet yes. He is called the Seal of the Prophets, because he is the last of the Prophets, and was the bearer of the final message. However, rom what I was taught, as a child in the Muslim equivalent of Sunday School, and from what I’ve gleaned from my own reading, is that the founders of the Abrahamic religions (Moses, Jesus, Mohammad) are accorded a special status, precisely because they were the ones that were chosen to bring God’s message to the people in such a way as to found Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Ahh. That’s different. “Special status” is different than, “Just as important as . . . .” Makes sense now, thanks.

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