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The “Legacy of Quran; Message of Peace” exhibit is on display at the Pleasanton Public Library’s large meeting room through Oct. 23. It includes works by American artists who trace their ethnicities to Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, China, Europe, Africa and the USA. The exhibit is organized by the nonprofit Islamic Art Exhibit.
“We have so much diversity in the Bay Area Muslim community,” said founder Nabeela Sajjad. “In order to showcase their artistic talents and display the many characteristics of Islamic Art, we invited them to participate in an Art Exhibit based on the common theme of ‘Peace.'”‘
Providing a number of verses from the Quran for inspiration and a set of rules, 41 artists submitted 75 pieces of artwork. One hundred Muslim children from the Bay Area also participated. Their theme is based on a song called “A is for Allah” by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens).
People view Islamic Art as mostly Calligraphy, explained Sajjad, but while Calligraphy is genre of Art in its own right, Islamic Art includes a lot more; it has evolved and accepts new media through which artists can express themselves.
With the prohibition of depicting human form or faces, Islamic Art has developed a unique character, utilizing a number of primary forms: geometric, arabesque, floral, and calligraphic, which are often interwoven. The result is an exhibition of paintings in oil, acrylic and watercolor, photographs, traditional calligraphy, quilting, textile, digital collage and more.
Display hours at the Pleasanton library will depend on whether the meeting room is occupied. Call 931-3400, ext. 7, to find out if the room is open for viewing the display.
For more information on the nonprofit Islamic Art Exhibit, visit www.islamicartexhibit.com.
“Legacy of Quran; Message of Peace” Really? Does this not sound like propaganda?
“A is for Allah” by Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens). LOL—-and “J” is for ?
Zelda,
Thanks for sharing your Tea Party bigorty. I guess if art isn’t celebrating right-wing Christianity, it must be “propaganda”. Did they teach you that on Faux News?
I look forward to checking out the display.
Don’t be misled.
Islam does not mean “Peace.”
It means “Submission.”
http://www.actforamerica.org/
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2009/02/islam-means-submission.html
Doesn’t Christianity teach understanding and tolerance?
Can we get a Jewish, Buddhist, Morman, etc. art display too?
Oh and why is this the “top story” on the weekly?
No doubt inspired by obamas apology tour. His followers think we all are at fault for what happened on 9/11, so we have to bend over backwards to show muslimes that we accept them, even if they want non-believers eliminated.
We viewed the Islamic art exhibit.
What a treat…Thank you.
Islam/Muslim does not have a history of peace. Soon after Mohammed founded this religion, and he built up large enough forces, he launched viscous attacks on his neighbors. This continued through the middle ages, leading to violent Muslim conquest that reached across parts of Europe to Spain. One hundred years later, sufficient armies were formed that the Crusades could be launched to drive out this violent bunch. To this year, this religion has persecuted all non-Muslims in their countries, invoking death sentences on people who convert to Christianity or instruct others in how to be saved. The only kind of peace that Islam brings is death. Our taxpayer funds should not be used to fund this kind of propaganda.
I’m glad I noticed this announcement…I have to pick up a book I ordered from another library and will make time to view the art…the pieces shown here are beautiful.
If you are going to paint all members of an affiliation according to actions of fringe members, then shouldn’t you apply the same treatment to all affiliations? If you did so, Christianity wouldn’t look to saintly.
Also for all the Tea Party members out there, wouldn’t this be the same as calling you all racist because of the words/actions of fringe people that have attached themselves to the movement? How does this make you feel? Not very accurate is it?
Maybe it would be a good idea to keep this in mind as you contemplate the truthfulness of generalities.
GX, I agree with you that we should not always generalize, bt I take issue with your Tea Party comparison. Where it breask down is the fact that no one has ever documented a racist action of an actual Tea Party member, it’s all been media fabrications that keep getting parroted by leftist sympathisers who can’t refute a smaller govt philosophy (especially when we’re broke).
On the other hand, we’ve seen well documented examples of both domestic and international terrorism killing innocents in the name of Islam. Where a well defined and repeated pattern exists, it no longer becomes a generalization, but helps identify the root cause of the problem.
Steve – I agree that the Tea Party racist theme is mostly made up. I suspect Tea Party members are no more/no less racist than the general population. BTW those that have had the opportunity to travel the world know that the US is far, far less racist than the vast majority of the world. There is no comparison.
However Steve, we need to acknowledge the facts as they are. Remember when that black congressman was verbally accosted by that lunatic on the steps of Capitol Hill? I don’t bring this up as a proof point that the Tea Party is racist, but more as a point that it is quite dangerous to paint an entire group of people according to actions of fringe people. It is silly to label the Tea Party movement as racist just as it is to label Islam as an inherently violent religion. (If you want to read about violent religious sects, go back and carefully read the Old Testament.)
Now for Islam, I will acknowledge that the general lack of strong condemnation of violent acts by fringe member is troubling. However, this is starting to change.