BERKELEY — Given her family history, Salma Arastu may be one of the last people you’d expect to be helping to modernize Islamic calligraphy. Her Hindu parents fled their home in Pakistan ...

Calligraphy is often used in conjunction with other types of Islamic geometric patterns to create beautiful and meaningful designs. We can see this art in the Quran and Persian poems. where are ...

Islamic calligraphy dates from that same period, but it turned plain Arabic script into a sacred art enshrining the words first of the Qur’an, then of the hadith (stories about and sayings of the ...

Introduction to Islamic art Calligraphy, as in this Qur'an manuscript, ... There is a hadith of the Prophet Muhammad that says: "Allah is beautiful and he loves beauty." ...

KUALALUMPUR - Calligraphy, known as ‘khat,’ demands both dexterity and a keen eye to create flawless works of art. The term ‘khat’ refers to beautiful handwriting, typically produced with ...

In the final days of Van Gogh Alive, ‘Al Asma Al Husna’ will showcase Islamic heritage through flowing Arabic calligraphy and digital artwork. It has been created by the Muslim Women’s ...

Some non-Muslim communities criticise addition of Khatt calligraphy in Malay language course. Protestant leader wonders why Christians cannot study Arabic Christian calligraphy. For the sixth time, co ...

Allah is at the heart of worship and aspirations for Muslims, and is the focus of their lives. So Islamic art focuses on the spiritual representation of objects and beings, and not their physical ...