Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim writes: > The Koran prohibits images of living creatures ... The Koran contains no specific or even vague prohibitions on recording images of living creatures, but some scholars have liberally interpreted certain phrases of the Koran to so imply, and tradition holds that the Prophet said that anyone who created an image of a living creature would be required to breathe life into it on Judgement Day. I imagine that if the Koran specifically prohibited the creation of images of living creatures, strict Islamic regimes such as Saudi Arabia would have extraordinarily severe penalties for anyone taking a photograph of any living person anywhere, but to my knowledge this is not actually the case. There are probably many Muslims who believe there is a prohibition in the Koran, just as there are many Catholics who think that the Immaculate Conception somehow refers to the conception of Jesus. > We were always being asked to be photographed! One wonders what they did with the photographs.