An award-winning drawing of the prophet Mohammad is back up on eBay after being removed from the online auction site earlier this week.
According to the sketch’s artist, Bosch Fawstin, eBay removed the listing on a “technicality.”
“After an attempt to correct it and re-list, they erected a couple of new obstacles to doing so, effectively barring it from eBay," claimed Fawstin in a message sent to Breitbart News.
While the specific reason behind the removal of the item from eBay’s site is unclear, it appears that eBay caved and allowed the bidding on the drawing to resume after an outcry on social media from Fawstin's supporters.
Fawstin’s picture won the first annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest organized by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer for the American Freedom Defense Initiative.The sketch depicts a sword-welding Mohammad along with the caption, “You can’t draw me. That’s why I draw you."
Artistic depictions of Mohammad are forbidden under Islamic law.
Prior to its removal from the site, the highest bid for the drawing was $10,000. Since the listing was reposted on the site early Friday morning, the high bid now stands at $5,700.
