News Agencies – September 20, 2012 France's Louvre Museum is unveiling a new wing devoted to Islamic art, with the long-gestating project debuting during a period of increased tension with the Muslim community over a French publication's caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The Louvre's new addition, which cost nearly 100 million euros (about $127 million Cdn) … [Read more...] about Louvre opens long-awaited Islamic Wing
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At the Met, a New Vision for Islam in Hostile Times: A Cosmopolitan Trove of Exotic Beauty
Over the past decade, many Americans have based their thoughts and feelings about Islam in large part on a single place: the blasted patch of ground where the World Trade Center once stood. But a rival space has slowly and silently taken shape over those same years, about six miles to the north. It is a vast, palacelike suite of rooms on the second floor of the Metropolitan … [Read more...] about At the Met, a New Vision for Islam in Hostile Times: A Cosmopolitan Trove of Exotic Beauty