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To: Salvation; GrandJediMasterYoda

Salvaion, I believe you are not correct here. Sunni Muslims, in particular, -— and other groups as well -— are violent iconoclasts. They would not allow to exist a statue of Mohammad or Ali Bakr, let alone Mary. The Sunnis dynamite the mosques of Shiites and Sufis because they contain paintings/murals of representative art; the Sunnis allow only calligraphy and geometric design, no representation of angel, human or animal.


9 posted on 07/19/2014 4:06:27 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (When I grow up, I'm gonna settle down, chew honeycomb & drive a tractor, grow things in the ground.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

So are the Sunnis part of what we know as the violent Wahhabis?


10 posted on 07/19/2014 4:09:23 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Bloody savages, the whole cursed lot!

Jesus said, “By their fruits ye shall know them.”


12 posted on 07/19/2014 4:14:54 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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To: Mrs. Don-o; Salvation

A distinction needs to be made between Mary and visual representations of Mary. Everyday Muslims of all stripes in India tend to hold Miriam or Mariam in high regard as Salvation suggested. What sentiments they harbour regarding art depicting Mary is not immediately apparent — such depictions are not at all rare and certainly not all are vandalized on a daily basis.


13 posted on 07/19/2014 4:15:14 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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