In a message dated 2/17/2008 3:16:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, geniice@gmail.com writes:

Calligraphy was given so much importance also because of the Sharia law, which forbade Muslims from depicting a living form on the walls or in paper as a part of art form

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/islamic-art.html%3E%3E%3E

------------------------ This article linked implies that it is not a fact that sharia law states this. Only one interpretation of it. _http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/wikipedia_and_dep... ctions_of_the_prophet_muhammad_the_latest_inane_distracti/0015659_ (http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/wikipedia_and_dep... he_prophet_muhammad_the_latest_inane_distracti/0015659)

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