{"id":652,"date":"2006-04-19T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=652"},"modified":"2006-04-19T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-19T19:22:00","slug":"652","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

A Fatwa against Egyptian Sculpture<\/strong><\/p>\n

A high Islamic cleric has issued a fatwa against the classical sculpture of Egypt<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Artists and intellectuals here say the edict, whose ban on producing and displaying sculptures overturns a century-old fatwa, runs counter to Islam. They also worry that extremists may use the ruling as a pretense for destroying Egypt’s ancient relics, which form a pillar of the country’s multibillion-dollar tourist industry.<\/em><\/p>\n

Islam and the Pagan religions have one thing in common: there is no central authority. But the Grand Mufti’s pronouncement might encourage the wackos to blow up a statue of Rameses II or otherwise interfere with the economically important tourist industry.<\/p>\n

And money is money, as one of the many sellers of ancient-Egyptian replicas attests:<\/p>\n

But in downtown Cairo, tourist shop owner Fathi Ibrahim says, “It’s not my role to disagree with the mufti. Anything he says, we must obey.”<\/p>\n

However, Mr. Ibrahim contends that the mufti’s fatwa may have been misunderstood, finding it hard to believe that his merchandise is “un-Islamic.” After all, he says, “We’re not selling statues for people to worship. They’re just souvenirs.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t anyone tell Mr. Ibrahim about Egyptian reconstructionist Pagans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tags: Paganism<\/a>, Egypt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Fatwa against Egyptian Sculpture A high Islamic cleric has issued a fatwa against the classical sculpture of Egypt. 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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