Shown regularly in art history classes, the painting shows a winged and crowned Angel Gabriel pointing at the Prophet Muhammad and delivering to him the first Quranic revelation. Muslims believe ...

Before showing a slide of the painting, the instructor issued a content warning and spent over two minutes providing context about the controversies surrounding depictions of Muhammad.

The prophet Muhammad in the cave of Hira ... There are, however, rare surviving examples from an earlier tradition of painting the Prophet. Weeks after the lecture, Aram Wedatalla, who is ...