in essence, religion is too intertwined with culture for us to talk about one without mentioning the other
Lecture
Question
Why Cant We Draw the Prophet Muhammed and His Companions?
- This varies from Muslim to Muslim - some families and people actually do have pictures of the prophet, even if some others might view it as blasphemous.
Answer
It is partly to do with not seeing the prophet as a god himself - by drawing him you are breaking this. But this is not true for all practices of Islam, you will see many depicitions.
- A part of this became a much bigger problem when the concept of the photograph came around, as this suddenly became something
Question
Hijab vs Burka?
Answer
Readings
Religion and Culture
As mentioned, when we talk about religion, we talk about religion and culture. The culture of a persons’ society will always be strongly influenced by the predominant religion of that society.
This goes both ways - the culture and location a person practices their religion also influence them.