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Despite the avoidance of the representation of Muhammad in Sunni Islam, images of Muhammad are not uncommon in Iran. The Iranian Shi'ism seems more tolerant on this point than Sunnite orthodoxy. [51] In Iran, depictions have considerable acceptance to the present day, and may be found in the modern forms of the poster and postcard. [12] [52]
Medieval Muslim artists found various ways to represent especially sensitive figures such as Muhammad. He is sometimes shown with a fiery halo hiding his face, head, or whole body, and from about 1500 is often shown with a veiled face. [38] Members of his immediate family and other prophets may be treated in the same way.
In the lower part of the painting, Muhammad – his face veiled – sits on a geometrically patterned carpet, surrounded by the four caliphs who succeeded him: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. Next to Muhammad on the carpet are two of his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali – the second and third Imams of Shia Islam – depicted as ...
Hilye, or calligraphic panel containing a physical description of the Prophet Muhammad made in 1718 in the Galata Palace, Istanbul. Dihya Salim al-Fahim, (1718), via Wikimedia CommonsThe ...
Muslim students took offense and an art history class was labeled Islamophobic. But many Muslims and scholars consider the artworks Islamophilic instead.
While both Sunnis and Shias have created images of Muhammad in the past, [355] Islamic depictions of Muhammad are rare. [351] They have mostly been limited to the private and elite medium of the miniature, and since about 1500 most depictions show Muhammad with his face veiled, or symbolically represent him as a flame. [353] [356]
Medieval Islamic images of Muhammad are narrative images, usually showing a number of figures and depicting specific biographical events in Muhammad's life. In the 15th century, Islamic artists began to show Muhammad with a blank or veiled face, as an artistic convention to avoid representing his features.
It called for the removal of illustrations depicting Muhammad. Noting that some of the images show Muhammad's face while others leave the face blank or veiled, it said these would still be "offensive to Muslims." In a little over two months, the petition has attracted well over 100,000 signatures.