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  2. Islamic calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    Calligraphy was a valued art form, and was regarded as both an aesthetic and moral pursuit. An ancient Arabic proverb illustrates this point by emphatically stating that "Purity of writing is purity of the soul." [6] Beyond religious contexts, Islamic calligraphy is widely used in secular art, architecture, and decoration. [7]

  3. Islamic art - Wikipedia

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    Unlike some mediums in Islamic art, Islamic architecture was consistently prominent across the Islamic world. In general, patrons invested more resources into building monuments than they did in the production of art objects and our knowledge of Islamic architecture is more complete thanks to the many buildings that have survived across regions ...

  4. 1080p - Wikipedia

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    Blu-ray Discs are able to hold 1080p HD content, and most movies released on Blu-ray Disc produce a full 1080p HD picture when the player is connected to a 1080p HDTV via an HDMI cable. The Blu-ray Disc video specification allows encoding of 1080p23.976, 1080p24, 1080i50, and 1080i59.94.

  5. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] In Islamic culture, the patterns are believed to be the bridge to the spiritual realm, the instrument to purify the mind and the soul. [9] David Wade [b] states that "Much of the art of Islam, whether in architecture, ceramics, textiles or books, is the art of decoration – which is to say, of transformation."

  6. Aniconism in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Quran, the Islamic holy book, does not prohibit the depiction of human figures; it merely condemns idolatry. [7] [8] Interdictions of figurative representation are present in the hadith, among a dozen of the hadith recorded during the latter part of the period when they were being written down.

  7. Taqiyah (cap) - Wikipedia

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    Taqiyah is the Arabic word for a Muslim skullcap. In the Indian subcontinent, it is called a topi (Bengali: টুপি, Hindi: टोपी, Urdu: ٹوپی) which means hat or cap in general.

  8. Muhammad: The Messenger of God (film) - Wikipedia

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    Muhammad: The Messenger of God (Persian: محمد رسول‌الله, romanized: Mohammad Rasulollah) is a 2015 Iranian Islamic epic film directed by Majid Majidi and co-written with Kambuzia Partovi. Set in the sixth century, the plot revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

  9. 1920×1080 - Wikipedia

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    1080p (1920 × 1080p, 16:9 aspect ratio) 1080i (1920 × 1080i, 16:9 aspect ratio, using interlaced scan This page was last edited on 30 ...