On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:21:26 -0600, Michel Boucher
> wrote:

>Boron Elgar > wrote in
:
>
>> http://www.zombietime.com/mohammed_image_archive/
>
>Persians never abided by that and for some reason they were not held to
>account. Why that is, I have no idea. It's like the Maronites, Roman
>catholics whose priests are allowed to marry. A possible explanation
>is that the art was developed before they were converted to Islam
>andthey were allowed to continue, much like the Maronites. I'll look
>into it.

Try looking at where the stuff came from, Goof. Not just Persia -
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey...
>
>Furthermore, nothing in that link is of traditional islamic origin.
>And some of these images are even of Christian origin. Hardly a breach
>of Islamic law.
>
>Traditional Islamic paintings do not depict human form and therefore
>these are obviously not traditional Islamic paintings.

You know nothing of art history. I have traveled all over the Middle
East looking at art. There are "exceptions" all over.

Boron