Izzy Mo, who is making a career in Islamic artwork, muses on the place of art in Muslim culture, and discusses the common concerns many Muslims have with pursuing creative endeavours.
What follows is a listing of reasons as to why Muslims, especially young Muslims, are discouraged from creative pursuits and how this is stunting our cultural and artistic growth here in America.
Izzy Mo’s personal gallery can be found here.
There are Muslims out there who have no relationship to Arabic Culture and these Muslims are overwhelmed by the common misinterpretation of a definition of what is Islamic Art. The messenger of Allah came for all of mankind and all that is righteous and good (meaning Halal in its presentation) is by its very definition ISLAMIC