A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad raising his hands in prayer while standing on the Mountain of Light in Mecca. Siyer-i Nebi (Biography of the Prophet), Istanbul, Ottoman lands, 1595-96 ...

More widely, Islamic tradition has discouraged the figurative depiction of living creatures, especially human beings. Islamic art has therefore tended to be abstract or decorative. Shia Islamic ...

Muslims in Iran and other countries throughout the world held ceremonies on Monday to mourn the anniversary of the demise of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Glorious Life of Holy Prophet of Islam, Hazrat ...

The Islamic response was to emphasise how different their religion was to Christianity, with its history of public iconography, Gruber argues. Pictures of Muhammad started to disappear, and a new ...

Paigambar Hazrat Muhammad is considered the messenger of the God. Paigambar Muhammad was born in Mecca of Saudi Arabia and he was later moved to Medina. The Islamic calendar (Hijari Sambat) was ...