A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is ...

Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts have been highly prized for millennia. The Qur'an, God's word as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, was transmitted in the Arabic language. Initially, ...

Virginia schools shut in Islam calligraphy row. Published. 18 December 2015. Share. close ... Image source, CBS. Image caption, The script translates: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is ...

That statement, which translates to “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah,” is sacred to Muslims, but the latter part in particular would obviously conflict with ...

For most of its history, Islam has had a deep aversion to the lifelike portrayal of animate beings, especially human beings, and above all to the representation of Muhammad, the messenger of God ...

Of course, there is the prohibition on images of Muhammad. But one cartoon, showing the Prophet wearing a turban shaped as a bomb with a burning fuse, extends the caricature of Muslims as terrorists ...