Hilye, or calligraphic panel containing a physical description of the Prophet Muhammad made in 1718 in the Galata Palace, Istanbul. Dihya Salim al-Fahim, (1718), via Wikimedia CommonsThe ...

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 ...

This is one of the images discussed by Christiane Gruber. The Prophet Muhammad is pictured in this Islamic manuscript dated 1539–43.

The good tidings of Muhammad’s birth; Said to me: “A son like this your son Has not come since God has made this world, And the Mighty One did never grant Such a lovely son as will be yours.

A shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical French weekly, left 12 people dead Wednesday. The perpetrators were allegedly responding to controversial cartoons the newspaper has ...