[PaxMacian]

RE:to see the truly splendid artistic output of Islam's early centuries.

I hope the teachers are balanced and clear about Islam's destruction of artistic output throughout the world and history.

[NativeNewYorker]

Islam's destruction of artistic output throughout the world and history.

I am pretty sure they leave THAT out. :(

[weegee]

I hope the teachers are balanced and clear about Islam's destruction of artistic output throughout the world and history.

From last year:

Is Osamah bin Laden is really a hero of Islamic Ummah? Do Taliban government of Afghanistan done right by demolishing the Buddah statues?

My question is that Is Osamah bin Laden is really a hero of Islamic Ummah? If he is involved in bombings at US Embassies worldwide (as US government claims) did he done any service to todays Muslim world? Is it right to kill Americans whether government officers in such bombings according to Islamic rules? My second question is that Do Taleban government of Afghanistan done right by demolishing the Buddhah statues? There are wide Fatwas against there this act. What is your fatwa?

Answer 2494 2001-03-31

1. Usama ibn Laden is a practising Muslim, and thus, our brother in Islam. He has made many sacrifices for the Deen, in particular, the Jihaad of Afghanistan. While we respect him for this, we do not raise any person to any position, except that which Allah Ta'ala wishes.

2. He himself has denied involvement. Why should we then doubt him? Even if a billion Kuffaar say the opposite, the word of a single practising Muslim is more acceptable to us.

3. It was an Islamic duty for the Taliban to have destroyed the idols.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.