[WikiEN-l] Muhammad images Part II

[Thomas Dalton]

On 21/02/2008, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21/02/2008, Wily D <wilydoppelganger at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  Muhammad is not fictional, he's not a fairy tale Muslims parents tell
>  >  their kids.  He doesn't belong to Islam the way that Loki belongs to
>  >  Norse Traditional Religion.
>
>
> Trolling are we?
>
>  Concorde's not fictional, it doesn't belong to Britain/France.
>
>  The Taj Mahal is not fictional, it doesn't belong to India.
>
>  Muhammad is not fictional, he doesn't belong to Islam.
>
>  Yeah right.

I think "belong" is the wrong word. Muhammad has meaning outside the
context of Islam. Loki doesn't have meaning outside the context of
Norse religion (apparently - for all I know, Loki could be based on a
historical person, most of my knowledge of Norse tradition comes from
Stargate!).