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Usage on other articles, it is argued, do not add any real informational value, as the depictions are not contemperaneous- having been developed centuries after Muhammad's death. As some Muslims typically find depictions of Muhammad to be highly offensive and blasphemous, some editors believe that image usage should be kept to a minimum.
The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images is a book by Christiane Gruber. Published in 2018 by Indiana University Press , it is about the history of aniconism in Islam and depictions of Muhammad in Islamic art.
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]
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 ...
Muhammad bin Ladin was born on the Hadramawt coast of south Yemen to Awad, a Kindite Hadrami tribesman from al-Rubat, a village in Wadi Doan. His year of birth is often given as 1908, although this is an approximation at best, as no central government had solidified control over the area at the time and no birth registry existed. [1]
As of February 24, 2006, around 146 people were killed in religious riots in Nigeria as a result of attacks against Christians in the predominantly Muslim North. [61] [62] As of April 14, 2006, a 67-year-old Coptic Christian was knifed to death by a 25-year-old Muslim in a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt.
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Today, the concept of an aniconic Islam coexists with a daily life for Muslims awash with images. TV stations and newspapers (which do present still and moving representations of living beings) have an exceptional impact on public opinion, sometimes, as in the case of Al Jazeera, with a global reach, beyond the Arabic speaking and Muslim audience.