On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:20:19AM -0500, Wily D wrote:
Both veiled and unveiled depictions have substantial historic traditions - so far in our discussions at Talk:Muhammad, I haven't seen any studies on the relative prominance of the two traditions.
None of those "traditions" are nearly as prominent as Muslim caligraphy. With all the energy people put into finding Muhammad images, we have found - what 40? - in >1.5 thousand years old culture? Compare that to occidental/christian art? Here the output is more like 40.000/year.