Islam doesn’t outlaw realistic art utterly
It’s more complicated, no matter what oversimplified diagnoses appear in the news.
Reporting on the murder of a French teacher, who showed caricatures of Muhammad to students in a free-expression class, the Washington Post stated as fact in a lede that such illustration “is strictly prohibited by Muslim law.” The pronouncement, which the article didn’t support further, has become a refrain. NBC added such drawings are “considered blas…