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.
So are the Sunnis part of what we know as the violent Wahhabis?
Bloody savages, the whole cursed lot!
Jesus said, “By their fruits ye shall know them.”
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.