• kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      There are no surviving depictions of Muhammad made during his lifetime. Although there are surviving descriptions of Muhammad’s appearance, these are not detailed enough to create a perfectly accurate image of him. Because of this, no image of Muhammad can be perfectly accurate, meaning that any image that purports to represent him is, in some way or another, deceptive.

      That’s quite a contrast with White Jesus.

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      In Islam, it is believed that creating images of religious figures is the first step toward idolatry. Islam therefore generally discourages the creation of images of religious figures of any kind.

      That’s technically false. The prohibition is not on creating images of religious figures, but on creating images of any person.

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    Call it a policy for promoting epistemological hygiene. These useful representations are fine for everyday bs (money, food etc), but for the important stuff you really do need to look at it directly.

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    As far as I understand, making the picture is the pissing off part. So any looking shouldn’t be a problem. I hear charlie hebdo did a good one which you should find online. Try asking chatgpt to create a most likely picture, it is between you and openai.