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10 Dramatic Ways Major Religions Have Reversed Positions
The major world religions go back thousands of years. With all that history to draw on, you might expect their images and tenets to have changed over time. In fact, some religions have completely changed course on some of the positions for which they’re most famous.
10Islam Once Accepted Pictures Of Muhammad
Caricatures of Islam’s founding father have sparked massacres and riots, with even moderate Muslims finding them grossly offensive. Early Islam, however, had absolutely no problem with it.
In the earliest days of the new religion, visual arts weren’t considered worthy of discussion at all. Later, Quranic passages were interpreted to suggest an absolute ban on figurative imagery, but paintings of Muhammad were thought to aid devotion. In the 13th century, Islamic artists did a roaring trade in miniatures of the prophet, depicting scenes that showed every major episode in his life. It was only in the 15th century th