Sue: The curator at the Museum of Islamic Art says that the prohibition on representational art in the Muslim world applies only to religious art. I have not tried to verify this.
>> Sue: The curator at the Museum of Islamic Art says that the prohibition on representational art in the Muslim world applies only to religious art. I have not tried to verify this.
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Those are eerily beautiful sculptures.
But they look sort of Christian???
M_O_M: To some extent, selection bias on my part. But, it's also true that guys in robes praying could be of either faith.
MOM is right - some of those are human figures - that would be blasphemous and forbidden, wouldn't it?
Sue: The curator at the Museum of Islamic Art says that the prohibition on representational art in the Muslim world applies only to religious art. I have not tried to verify this.
>> Sue: The curator at the Museum of Islamic Art says that the prohibition on representational art in the Muslim world applies only to religious art. I have not tried to verify this.
OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!
Inshallah! So Be It.
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