“Islamic Art” Exhibition Planned in Moscow

AHLUL BAYT NEWS AGENCY

RUSSIA---An exhibition of Islamic artworks will be held starting from February 20 at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the largest museum of European art, in Moscow, Russia. The exhibition will be organized by Russia’s Muftiat Council and will run until March 24, 2013. Muslim artists from Central Asia, the Middle East, Volga region, Caucasia, Turkey, Iran, northern Afghanistan, China and Arab countries will present their artworks at the exhibition. A pavilion of the exhibition will be devoted to displaying various kinds of Sajjadahs (prayer mats) and carpets featuring inscriptions dating back to the 16th century. [link]