The ''True'' Aesthetic of Islam

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The ''True'' Aesthetic of Islam Apr 24, 2013 11:13:21 GMT -8

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Post by peterd on Apr 24, 2013 11:13:21 GMT -8

Does art have to be consonant with the religious dictates of Islam? In Egypt, orthodox and secular Muslims cannot agree on whether and what extent art should serve a moral purpose. By Joseph Croitoru

en.qantara.de/The-True-Aesthetic-of-Islam/20959c23252i1p528/index.html

THE TRENCHES.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who