Tag: Islamic art

By Mohammed Shafeeq, Hyderabad : Islamic art, especially calligraphy, can play a key role in ada'wah', or inviting people to understand Islam and clearing misconceptions about it, feels Fareed A. Al-Ali, the head of Kuwait Islamic Arts Centre. Drawing pictures of human beings is prohibited in Islam, but he believes the beauty of various Islamic arts, including calligraphy, is a powerful tool to attract people and invite them to understand the message of Islam. Whenever Fareed goes to art exhibitions, people stand in queue to get their names written in his beautiful...