There are no surviving depictions of Muhammad made during his lifetime. Although there are surviving descriptions of Muhammad’s appearance, these are not detailed enough to create a perfectly accurate image of him. Because of this, no image of Muhammad can be perfectly accurate, meaning that any image that purports to represent him is, in some way or another, deceptive.
In Islam, it is believed that creating images of religious figures is the first step toward idolatry. Islam therefore generally discourages the creation of images of religious figures of any kind.
That’s technically false. The prohibition is not on creating images of religious figures, but on creating images of any person.
It’s something I find kind of amusing about Catholicism.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
I mean to me the whole concept of the catholic religion believing this is one of the 10 commandments. Then simultaneously praying in front of crucifixes or Virgin Mary statues etc…
I mean Jesus you could half way go with assuming trinity and considering him god… but it explicitly says “in heaven” and doesn’t give any kind of “except of me”.
Actually something kind of funny to me, it says “in heaven”, “on earth” or “in the waters below earth”. Assuming christian theology… the biggest exception that comes to my mind… is things that are in hell.
Shia Islam has a strong tradition of depicting Muhammad in art, this article has plenty of examples (and explains the issue).
That’s quite a contrast with White Jesus.
I think it’s especially funny when White Jesus also has blue eyes
I saw one one time with a tan and highlights in brown hair. It’s pretty crazy.
Bull-fucking-Shit! That’s Mohammed and the other prophets going Super Saiyan!
Prophets being from planet vegeta would make religions much more sensible
People taking shit too literally is about 70% of humanity’s problems.
That’s technically false. The prohibition is not on creating images of religious figures, but on creating images of any person.
It’s something I find kind of amusing about Catholicism.
I mean to me the whole concept of the catholic religion believing this is one of the 10 commandments. Then simultaneously praying in front of crucifixes or Virgin Mary statues etc…
I mean Jesus you could half way go with assuming trinity and considering him god… but it explicitly says “in heaven” and doesn’t give any kind of “except of me”.
Actually something kind of funny to me, it says “in heaven”, “on earth” or “in the waters below earth”. Assuming christian theology… the biggest exception that comes to my mind… is things that are in hell.
Well that was fascinating! Ty for the interesting read.
That’s a very interesting read, thank you.