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February 12, 2008
Zombie Error - Islam Forbids Depictions of Muhammad.
I hope that alumni/ae of Art 249 groan when they read this in the New York Times:
Islam forbids even respectful depictions of Muhammad, to avoid idolatry.
As they learn to say in that class, some schools of Islam in some periods forbid depictions of Muhammad. Because otherwise, why is it that we have depictions of Muhammad in art created by and for Muslims? Go here to see my quick list of 10 of these in the HWS image collection - and we're not a big university and I only teach Islamic Art and Architecture (Art 249) every once in awhile.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 12, 2008 8:55 PM