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  2. Islamic geometric patterns - Wikipedia

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    Islamic geometric patterns are derived from simpler designs used in earlier cultures: Greek, Roman, and Sasanian. They are one of three forms of Islamic decoration, the others being the arabesque based on curving and branching plant forms, and Islamic calligraphy; all three are frequently used together. [1] [2] From the 9th century onward, a ...

  3. Islamic ornament - Wikipedia

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    Islamic ornament is the use of decorative forms and patterns in Islamic art and Islamic architecture. Its elements can be broadly divided into the arabesque , using curving plant-based elements, geometric patterns with straight lines or regular curves, and calligraphy , consisting of religious texts with stylized appearance, used both ...

  4. List of fictional cats in animation - Wikipedia

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    A Black Munchkin cat with white paws who uses Dark Magic. She wears a lace-trimmed pink waistcoat, a pink bow, and a silver heart-shaped necklace. Diana: Sailor Moon: Child of Luna and Artemis and guardian to Chibiusa. Dinah Alice in wonderland: Alice's cat Dinah is brown and white and wears a pink bow Doc: Hickory, Dickory, and Doc

  5. Depictions of Muhammad - Wikipedia

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    The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue. Oral and written descriptions of Muhammad are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, but there is disagreement about visual depictions. [1] [2] The Quran does not explicitly or implicitly forbid images of Muhammad. The ahadith (supplemental teachings ...

  6. List of fictional big cats in animation - Wikipedia

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    An overweighted police officer who loves donuts and is a huge fan of the popstar Gazelle. Blur. Wild Kratts. A cheetah who loves chasing Chris when he is using Gazelle Powers. Chiqicheetah. One Piece. Fuli. The Lion Guard. A cute female teenage tomboyish East African cheetah cub who is the fastest member in the Lion Guard.

  7. Girih - Wikipedia

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    Spirituality. v. t. e. Girih ( Persian: گره, "knot", also written gereh [1]) are decorative Islamic geometric patterns used in architecture and handicraft objects, consisting of angled lines that form an interlaced strapwork pattern. Girih decoration is believed to have been inspired by Syrian Roman knotwork patterns from the second century.

  8. Arabesque - Wikipedia

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    The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, [1] often combined with other elements. Another definition is "Foliate ornament, used in the Islamic world, typically using leaves, derived from stylised half ...

  9. Kufic - Wikipedia

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    Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts. The name of the script derives from Kufa, a city in southern Iraq which was considered as an intellectual center within the early Islamic period. Kufic is defined as a highly angular form of the Arabic alphabet originally used in early copies of the Quran.