Islamic Art 101

Instead of painting the image of God or the Prophets, Islamic art relies on calligraphiclines/sentences detailed in an expressive way that tells the words of God whilecreating ornate decoration. Recently, there have been death threats by extremistsfor creating an image of the Prophet Mohammed, but the most well known are a Sweddish artists cartoon in 2007 and author Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" (1988), a book based on Mohammed's life.