This is an example of this cartoon. Maajid Nawaz, a Liberal politician in Britain has received death threats on twitter because he tweeted a cartoon of this and found nothing wrong with it. However his fellow adherents of Islam did not take this side of the matter and 20,000 Muslims quickly moved to sign a petition for Nawaz to be removed as a Liberal politician by Nick Clegg. Channel 4 covered the news of this situation and covered out the Mohammed part of the Cartoon (They did not show his face) as they feared it would offend viewers.
Here is a link on Maajid Nawaz's views towards this whole predicament and how he explains his actions: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/28/speaking-islam-loudmouths-hijacked
There is a website where there are many existent Jesus & Mohammed Cartoons. In some of these cartoon s there is a use of strong language made by the cartoon of Mohammed which may help to understand as to why many Muslims are offended by this. It is mainly Mohammed who is portrayed as standing against everything their religion is about. For example, in the picture above it shows Jesus & Mohammed at a Bar drinking. This is offensive towards Muslims because in their religion they are not supposed to consume any alcohol.
The link to this website: http://www.jesusandmo.net/
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