Did you know that in 1997, the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded that part of a 1930s frieze in the main chamber of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. be sandblasted into oblivion, on the grounds that Islam prohibits representations Mohammed? Chief Justice William Rehnquist rejected CAIR’s pressure. Did you know that back in 1955, a campaign to censor a...
Mohammed in Islamic Art
Click here to view a comprehensive of images of Mohammed in Islamic Art through the ages. From the Mohammed Image Archive site: While the debate rages, an important point has been overlooked: despite the supposed Islamic prohibition against depicting Mohammed under any circumstances, hundreds of paintings, drawings and other images of Mohammed have been created over the centuries, with nary a...