Here's an issue, though: both the images in the article are pictures of art by Muslims, as far as I can tell. It's not as if some random Wikipedian drew up his own cartoon and uploaded it. So, should Wikipedia choose to support the branch of Islam that forbids the depictions, over the ones that created the art to begin with?
I can see definite proof that the petition is being spammed when I glanced it over, too. Compare this comment:
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# 29,114:
Jan 7, 2008, Saleh Mahran , Egypt
Please remove it this picture for the prophet Muhammad (PBUH), no body has the right to drow any picture for him.
and this one:
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# 29,106:
Jan 7, 2008, Anonymous , New York
Please remove it this picture for the prophet Muhammad (PBUH), no body has the right to drow any picture for him.
They didn't even seem to care about hiding the cut-and-paste, and the change in location tells you that it isn't an accidental double-post, either.