Daily Archives: August 9, 2007

The Scandal Of Jewish Particularity

Hillel Halkin writes in the New York Sun: Judaism is a religion with a universalist and a particularist side that do not harmonize easily with one another, and it is alone among the world’s great monotheistic religions in having such … Continue reading

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Are drawing and painting haraam?

Menachem Wecker writes: In May, the National Islamic Arts and Culture Foundation hosted the first Islamic Arts Festival in Lansdowne, Va. The artwork ranged from calligraphy to landscapes to less traditional Islamic work, like Asma Ahmed Shikoh’s hijabs mixed with … Continue reading

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