In both Exodus and Deuteronomy the Mosaic commandment is: "You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in
the water under the earth." Jews have always interpreted this to mean no worship of idols and no efforts to paint or create an image that could be used as an idol.
Of course, Christians completely ignore this commandment. Many parts of the Christian church worship a crucifix, often with an image of a man on it. Also images of Mary. I see no need to comment on this.
The issue for Islam is similar to the Jewish model. There can of course be no image of Mohammed because there were none made of him when he was alive. So this is not an image of Mohammed it is a cartoon.
The issue then, is whether the image I have created on this page could be considered useful as an idol. It is not, it is nothing other than an attempt to show the Moslem world that efforts to stamp out cartoon images of Mohammed are a foolish and provocative effort... similar to the Islamic radical effort to eliminate Israel.
My personal interest in this matter is that Islamic extremists targeting cartoon creators is not a whit different from the broad Islamic Jew hate. Its time for everyone to recognize the parallels. Defend the Jews, defend Israel and denounce the extremist interpretations of Islam.