ഇസ്‌ലാമിക സംസ്‌കൃതിയെ വിളംബരപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന എക്‌സിബിഷനുകള്‍

ഇസ്‌ലാമിക സംസ്‌കാരത്തെയും പൈതൃകത്തെയും കുറിച്ച് ആസ്ത്രേലിയയിലും ലണ്ടനിലും  നടക്കുന്ന എക്‌സിബിഷനുകള്‍ ഇസ്‌ലാമിക ലോകം മനുഷ്യരാശിക്ക് നല്‍കിയ മഹത്തായ സംഭാവനകളെ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. ഈ എക്‌സിബിഷനുകള്‍  ഇസ്‌ലാമിന് ഹിംസാത്മകമായ ചരിത്രമേയുള്ളൂ എന്ന ചരിത്ര വായനക്കൊരു തിരുത്തെഴുത്താണ്. ആര്‍ട്ട് ഗാലറി ഓഫ് ആസ്‌ത്രേലിയ  (AGSA )  'No God but God: The Art of Islam’ എന്ന പേരില്‍ ആസ്‌ത്രേലിയയില്‍ ഇസ്‌ലാമിക കലയെയും സംസ്‌കാരത്തെയും  നാഗരിക വളര്‍ച്ചയെയും അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന എക്‌സിബിഷന്‍ നടന്നുവരുന്നു്ണ്ട്. 'അല്ലാഹു സുന്ദരനാണ്, അവന്‍ സൗന്ദര്യത്തെ ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുന്നു' എന്ന നബിവചനമാണ് ഈ എക്‌സിബിഷന്റെ പ്രചോദന വാക്യം. 2005-ലാണ് AGSA  ഇസ്‌ലാമിക് ആര്‍ട്ട് ഗാലറി തുറന്നത്...."

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