Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Egypt's grand mufti issues fatwa: no sculpture | csmonitor.com

Egypt's grand mufti issues fatwa: no sculpture | csmonitor.com: "More than 1,300 years after the Muslim conquest swept through Egypt, one of the country's highest religious authorities has declared that its ancient sculptures are forbidden by Islam.

In his fatwa - or religious ruling - issued earlier this month, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa quoted a saying of the prophet Muhammad that sculptors will be among those receiving the harshest punishment on Judgment Day."

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