Monday, April 30, 2007

an archive of images

This is a very good site/ archive of images for those interested in the
recent controversy over cartoons of Mohammed. The site contains not just
contemporary images but also book illustrations, medieval and
renaissance images, islamic depictions of muhmmad etc.
http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/

You can also read an interview with *Jyllands-Posten Editor-in-chief
Carsten Juste* by visiting at,

http://www.jp.dk/udland/artikel:aid=3544978:fid=11328/

Those who wish to explore more can read a very good article by one of
the leading western scholars on Islam, G.S.Hodgson, 'Islam and Image',
"History of Religions", Vol.3, no.2, winter1964.

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