Abraham as an iconoclast: understanding the destruction of "images" throught Qur'anic exegesis

The question of Islam and its aversion to images has caused modern scholars to search for a theological basis in Islam's traditional sources. Much work has been done on the various hadiths that indicate that graven images are forbidden and particular verses in the Qur'an that allude to an...

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Main Author: Mirza, Younus Y. (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2005
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2005, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 413-428
Further subjects:B Islam
B Hermeneutics
B Koran
Online Access: Volltext (doi)