Ilhan Omar gets Pelosi to stick it up her own butt and the DNC bows to Islam
It has begun. It will not be long before DNC meetings begin with the Islamic call to prayer. Nancy Pelosi has surrendered her party to Islam. No matter what …
Christmas is not going down without a fight from me
A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired in 1965. I loved it back then and I love it today. It spoke from the heart of Charles Schultz, innocent and genuine. …
Get off my goddam American lawn
God bless Pam Geller, if you’ll excuse the expression. And screw you if you don’t. We’ve had it, and Pam Geller is the tip of the spear. Pam organized …
New Daily Show Host Has Quite The History On Twitter
What a sight to behold. Yesterday Salon had this to say about Jon Stewart’s replacement, Trevor Noah: ‘How soon before a wingnut dog-whistle backlash begins?’ A few hours later Trevor’s …
“Have yourself….a Muslim little Christmas….”
Christmas. It’s not just for Christians, anymore. I recognize that Christmas is a Christian, religious holiday- I love that it is! That the “Christ” in “Christmas” belongs there, unmolested. But …
Obama: Islam trumps the First Amendment
In 2009, Barack Obama joked about using the IRS for purposes of retribution: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Xdgj9ViLM[/youtube] And now we all see the result- it wasn’t so much of a joke as a …
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam”
I never thought I’d hear those words from an American President.
The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.
Distorting a distortion: Depicting Muhammad in Art
So is it true that the Prophet Muhammad really can’t be depicted in visual representation, even when done respectfully? The wiki short answer is:
The Islamic faith has strict injunctions against depictions of humans or animals which might result in idol-worship. Therefore there are no depictions of any person or animal.
With a historical caveat:
Pictures of Muhammad and Allah have been painted for time immemorial. Many paintings were made during the Ottoman Years of Muhammad, depicting his many actions and encounters with other folks of his time period. These pictures are often disputed as being counter to Muslim ideals, BUT often times these pictures were created by Muslims themselves. The ideal that pictures of Muhammad should not be created is a very modern ideal.