To this day, there appears to be a bigger consensus among Muslims against three-dimensional illustrations because they appear more likely to be worshiped than the two-dimensional ones, according to experts. Idol worship has long been a concern among Muslims, whose first enemies included Meccan paganists worshiping deities. “Today, the idea probably doesn’t occur to anyone.” “When people saw images or statues in the 7th century, they could have been tempted to worship them,” Mustafa Akyol, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute focusing on Islam and modernity, told VOA. The center, however, said it was supporting the view that drawings are acceptable as long as they are not made to be worshiped or to challenge God’s power. “Those who draw pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said to them: 'Breathe soul into what you have created,’ ” said the center, quoting a hadith or teaching by the prophet. In a video explanation, the center noted a disagreement among Muslim jurists throughout history on depicting living beings, saying that some credible scholars have imposed an absolute ban on it, viewing the art as usurping God’s power. In a January 2018 response to a follower’s question on Facebook, al-Azhar University provided what appeared to be an inconclusive ruling on whether drawing pictures of humans was allowed in Islam.
18, 2020.Īt the same time, al-Tayeb has said that using free speech as a justification to insult religions was an "invitation to hatred." FILE - Floral tributes to Samuel Paty, the French teacher who was beheaded on the streets of the Paris suburb of Conflans St Honorine, are seen at the Place de la Republique, in Lille, France, Oct.
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