Animated film Bilal, which tells the thousand-year-old story of the freed Ethiopian slave, Bilal Ibn Rabah, who went on to become Islam's first muezzin and a close adviser to the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), is finally making its way over to...
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This lavishly illustrated book collects papers delivered at the third Gingko conference: “The Mercantile Effect: On Art and Exchange in the Islamicate World During 17th ̶18th Centuries.”...
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What kind of Islamic art has the power to open American hearts and minds, at a time when Donald Trump has relaunched his attempt to ban entry from several...
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While the idea that aspects of the future could be disclosed by God was not uncommon in medieval Islam, today such a belief...
Read More »What Did Ayatollah Jawadi ’Amoli Say to the Movie People?
Iranian Shia Cleric said art, especially the cinema, should provide a setting for the realization of truth. ’Ijtihaad Network reports: Emphasizing that art, especially the cinema, should provide a setting for the realization of truth[1], Ayatollah Abdullah Jawadi ’Amoli[2] said, in a meeting with a group of Iranian movie people, …
Read More »International Conference on Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art
International Conference on Islamic Heritage Architecture and Art to be held on May 17-19 in Valéncia, Spain.
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