Muslims and Christians. Brothers in faith

[eynon81]

but there he is:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/socio ... r10_00.jpg
(Persian/Central Asian painting from the 1500s)

By modern I mean the 1700s. Seems there was a period where Islam was more open to new ideas and less dogmatically rigid, especially in the areas controlled by Turks, Persians, Uzbecks, South Asians, etc.

Turks even have their own booze:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rak%C4%B1

Any who that Crusades tome i struggled through made it seem that Islam was a lot less on the same page than the Christians in terms of theology. Many major concepts, like Jihad or cultural restrictions, were vague and not as thought out yet. Could be too because the Arabs were mostly out of authority by the 11th century and really didn't start getting back into power until the 19th.

[John Galt]

just because depictions existed before does not mean it was not frowned upon then. in the article on wikipedia i linked said there are rare instances but the general rule was no. and a long time ago it was also against depictions of man or beast, which is why their art is abstract or caligraphy

[Stratego]

The real reason Islam prohibited people from depicting Muhammad was that there were many missionaries sent out who introduced himself as Muhammad. If you can draw him then people start comparing. If you can't, then a hugh population can get the message of "Muhammad" at the same time,so Islam spreads faster.

[Saz]

All these abrahamic religions are pretty much the same. Jews, Christians, Muslims...just more recent retellings of the last story. Most of the story is the same too, and you will notice that common Arabic names are literally just translations of the same Judeo-Christian names that are in the torah and bible (Solomon = Sulayman, Joseph = Yusef, etc).

What makes Islam interesting though is the Hadith. This is where all the f**k up stuff comes from.

[eynon81]

[Dylan]

[Aaron]

Doesn't really matter how similar or disimilar Islam and Christianity is... they're both bastardizations of spirituality, and as such, are just a distraction from actual faith.

[Dylan]

[Aaron]

yeah that meme isn't actually a joke. It's a tone deaf caricature of second wave feminism used to deflect discussion about whether spirituality refers to other things besides organized religion.

Rich boy

[Dylan]

I'm pretty close to rich, but I dunno if I qualify just yet though by Manhattan standards. It's funny - I worked way harder earlier in my career but I make way more money each year now that I'm working more reasonable hours. It's pretty cool. Thanks for noting my success.