# South African Muslim Bid to Ban Cartoon Fails May 21, 2010 Author: Staff Writer Source: BBC News A bid by a Muslim group in South Africa to stop the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad has failed. The drawing by Jonathan Shapiro, known as Zapiro, shows the prophet on a psychiatrist's couch bemoaning his followers' sense of humour failure. He drew it in response to a Facebook group inviting drawings of the Prophet Muhammad, which prompted Pakistan to ban the website for being "un-Islamic". Zapiro told the BBC he did not want to be "cowed into submission". See also:- [ Arts/Media ](/news-stories/artsmedia) - [ Prophet Muhammed Cartoon Controversy ](/news-stories/prophet-muhammed-cartoon-controversy) - [ Religious Freedom ](/news-stories/religious-freedom) - [ Islam ](/religions/islam) - [ International ](/tags/international) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)