How the 'ban' on images of Muhammed came to be.

[flying rabbit]

snip~

"In the wake of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, a flurry of articles have explored whether images of the Prophet Muhammad are “banned” in Islam. While some Muslim voices are adamant that this is strictly the case in Islamic law, others (both Muslim and non-Muslim) have cautioned that it is not so."

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/how-the-ban-on-images-of-muhammad-came-to-be/

[NYC_SKP]

1. The Koran does not prohibit images of the Prophet. It's a newish development. nt

[flying rabbit]

2. It's all there in the article. nt

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Fascinating article...

learn something new every day.

[Coventina]

4. The ban is neither here nor there. Muslims need to accept that non-Muslims are not bound by Islamic

law, period.

Having said that, the article is interesting, for the purposes of Islamic history.