Skip to content
Header Image

islamicate

islam doesn't speak, muslims do | "the ink of the scholar is worth more than the blood of the martyr" – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

  • Home
  • 2008
  • June
  • 14
  • Reading: Architecture vs. Extremism

Reading: Architecture vs. Extremism

June 14, 2008 islamoyankee

Can architecture battle extremism? Considering the beating the Serena Hotel took at the hands of the Taliban, and the Bamiyan Buddhas, I’m not so sure.

Aga Khan Award for Architecture, architecture, extremism
Art

Post navigation

If I Were a Terrorist
More Obama Rumors

Related Posts

Houston Event: Word, Image, and Symbol in the Fatimid Architecture of Cairo
Cairo and Beyond: Looking for Independent and Grassroots comics in the Middle East Region

Large scale comic productions such as The 99 have important potential for mainstream and world-wide distribution. However, as a fan of independent and community media, I find it particularly inspiring to see that grassroots work is also flourishing in the Middle East, particularly in this moment in the regions history. [From Cairo and Beyond: Looking for Independent and Grassroots comics in the Middle East Region]

Bismillah Raven

I am always looking for interesting artwork, especially as it relates to Islam. Below is the Arabic phrase “bismillah,” “in the name of God,” done in a Native American style. Details from the artist are here, and an article about the piece can be found here (another take here). taken from here.

Persistence

  • Commemoration
  • Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism
  • Jews, Muslims, and Orthodoxy
  • My God Hates More than Your God
  • On Being a Conservative-Liberal Muslim
  • The Discussion I Want to Have
  • The New Mecca
  • What is Shi'ism?

Archives

Categories

Copyright © 2025 islamicate | Slick Blog by Ascendoor | Powered by WordPress.